Bjarni Thorarensen

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Bjarni.

File:Bjarni Vigfusson Thorarensen portrait by Auguste Mayer.jpg

A portrait of Bjarni Thorarensen by Auguste Mayer.

Bjarni Vigfússon Thorarensen (December 30, 1786 – August 24, 1841) was an Icelandic poet and official. He was deputy governor of northern and eastern Iceland. As a poet he was influenced by classicism and romanticism. Politically he was aligned with the Fjölnismenn and favored the reestablishment of the Althing at Þingvellir. He was a friend of Jónas Hallgrímsson whose own poetry was influenced by Bjarni's work.

Bjarni's best known work is Íslands minni, also known as Eldgamla Ísafold.

References

• Jónas Hallgrímsson: Bjarni Thorarensen Information on Jónas Hallgrímsson's elegy on Bjarni
• Bjarni Vigfússon Thórarensen Britannica article
• Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

External links

• Ljóð eftir Bjarna Thorarensen Several of Bjarni's poems

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