See also
Husband:
Benedikt SVEINSSON (1877-1954)
Wife:
Guðrún Sigríður PÉTURSDÓTTIR (1878-1963)
Children:
Marriage:
1904
Gullbringusýsla, Iceland
Residence (family):
1910
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland1
Address: 11 a við Skólavörðustíg
residence family:
1920
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland2
Address: Skólavst 11 a
Residence (family):
1930
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland
Address: Skólavörðustíg 11 a
Name:
Benedikt SVEINSSON
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
Dec 2, 1877
Húsavík, Húsavíkursókn, Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla, Iceland3
Residence:
1880 (age 2-3)
Veitingahús, Húsavíkursókn, Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla, Iceland4
Residence:
1890 (age 12-13)
Veitingahús, Húsavíkursókn, Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla, Iceland5
Education:
1901 (age 23-24)
graduated from Lærði skólinn ; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland
Occupation:
1901 (age 23-24)
Tímakennari í Barnaskóla Reykjavíkur. Stud. Phil; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland
Residence:
1901 (age 23-24)
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland6
Address: No 7 Þingvallastræti
at Jakobína Jónsdóttir Thomsen house
Education:
1902 (age 24-25)
degree in forensic science ; Iceland
Occupation:
frm 1908 to 1931 (age 30-54)
member of the Althingi; Iceland
Occupation:
1910 (age 32-33)
Ritstjóri, alþingismaður; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland
Employer Endurskoðandi, Landsbankans
Occupation:
frm 1914 to 1920 (age 36-43)
Reykjavík City Council (bæjarstjórn Reykjavíkur); Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland
Occupation:
frm 1917 to 1918 (age 39-41)
fullveldisnefnd; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland
Occupation:
frm 1918 to 1919 (age 40-42)
verðlagsnefnd; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland
Occupation:
frm 1918 to 1920 (age 40-43)
President of the Icelandic Friends of the Nation
Occupation:
1920 (age 42-43)
bankastjóri; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland
Occupation:
leader in the independence movement in Iceland; Iceland
Occupation:
1924 (age 46-47)
Elected to the Greenland Committee
Occupation:
Served for many years as the Congress of the Icelandic Fisheries Association.
Occupation:
1925 (age 47-48)
Interparliamentary Committee on Banking
Death:
Nov 16, 1954 (age 76)
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3
Name:
Guðrún Sigríður PÉTURSDÓTTIR
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
Nov 9, 1878
Engey, Reykjavíkursókn, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3
Residence:
1880 (age 1-2)
Engey, Reykjavíkursókn, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland7
Residence:
1890 (age 11-12)
Engey, Reykjavíkursókn, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland8
Death:
Nov 23, 1963 (age 85)
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3
Name:
Sveinn BENEDIKTSSON
Sex:
Male
Birth:
May 12, 1901
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3
Residence:
1910 (age 8-9)
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland1
Address: 11 a við Skólavörðustíg
Occupation:
1920 (age 18-19)
??; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland
Employer Stud .art.
Residence:
1920 (age 18-19)
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland2
Address: Skólavst 11 a
Death:
Feb 12, 1979 (age 77)
Iceland3
Name:
Pétur BENEDIKTSSON
Sex:
Male
Birth:
Dec 8, 1906
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3
Residence:
1910 (age 3-4)
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland9
Address: Nr. 18 A við Laugaveg
Education:
1920 (age 13-14)
Námsmaður; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland
living with Bjarni Magnússon
Residence:
1920 (age 13-14)
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland10
Address: Laugaveg 66
Death:
Jun 29, 1969 (age 62)
Iceland3
Name:
Bjarni BENEDIKTSSON
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Birth:
Apr 30, 1908
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3
Residence:
1910 (age 1-2)
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland1
Address: 11 a við Skólavörðustíg
Occupation:
1920 (age 11-12)
??; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland
Employer Stud. art.
Residence:
1920 (age 11-12)
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland2
Address: Skólavst 11 a
Occupation:
þingismaður, ráðherra.; Iceland
Icelandic politician of the Independence Party
Occupation:
1934 (age 25-26)
elected to the city council; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland
member of the Independence Party
Occupation:
frm 1940 to 1947 (age 31-39)
mayor of Reykjavík; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland
Occupation:
frm Feb 4, 1947 to Sep 11, 1953 (age 38-45)
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland; Iceland
Life Event:
1949 (age 40-41)
Iceland
Bjarni was mainly responsible for Iceland joining NATO in 1949. against significant opposition, and for giving the United States Air Force a lease on Keflavík Airport near Reykjavík, which was of major strategic importance during the Cold War . [1]
Occupation:
1956 (age 47-48)
editor of Morgunblaðið, a leading conservative newspaper; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland
Occupation:
1959 (age 50-51)
Minister of Justice; Iceland
Occupation:
1959 (age 50-51)
speaker of the Althing; Iceland
Occupation:
frm Nov 14, 1963 to Jul 10, 1970 (age 55-62)
forsætisráðherra (Prime Minister); Iceland
Education:
studied constitutional law and became a professor at the University of Iceland; Iceland
Death:
Jul 10, 1970 (age 62)
Þingvellir, Iceland3
Cause: fire at a government summer house at Þingvellir
his wife and grandson also perished in the blaze.
Name:
Kristjana BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
Feb 10, 1910
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3
Residence:
1910 (age 0)
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland1
Address: 11 a við Skólavörðustíg
Residence:
1920 (age 9-10)
hús H. Kr. Þorsteinss., Reykjavík, Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland11
Death:
Mar 17, 1955 (age 45)
Iceland3
Name:
Ragnhildur BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR
Sex:
Female
Birth:
Aug 18, 1913
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3
Residence:
1920 (age 6-7)
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland2
Address: Skólavst 11 a
Residence:
1930 (age 16-17)
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3
Address: Skólavörðustíg 11 a
Death:
Aug 23, 1933 (age 20)
Iceland3
Name:
Guðrún BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR12
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
Oct 10, 1919
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3
Residence:
1920 (age 0-1)
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland2
Address: Skólavst 11 a
Residence:
1930 (age 10-11)
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland
Address: kólavörðustíg 11 a
Death:
Dec 15, 1996 (age 77)
Iceland3
Name:
Ólöf BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR13
Sex:
Female
Spouse (1):
Spouse (2):
Birth:
Oct 10, 1919
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3
Residence:
1920 (age 0-1)
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland2
Address: Skólavst 11 a
Residence:
1930 (age 10-11)
Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland
Address: Skólavörðustíg 11 a
Occupation:
Menntaskólakennari; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland
Death:
Dec 30, 2008 (age 89)
Skógarbær Nursing Home, Iceland3
He worked as a journalist and editor until 1915. In 1917 he became Landsbankinn's custodian and bank manager 1918-1921. In 1922 he was appointed publishing director of the history of the Althing. He was librarian at the National Library from 1931 and then archivist at the National Archives from 1941-1948. He published many Icelandic sagas for Sigurður Kristjánsson bookseller and wrote a number of newspaper and magazine articles on the history of Iceland, language, literature and various national languages.
Benedikt was a Member of Parliament for Norður-Þingeyingar 1908-1931, mostly for the Independence Party (senior) but from 1927 for the Progressive Party. He was the Speaker of the lower house of Althingi 1920-1930. He was a great fighter for Iceland's independence, but when the federal bill was passed in Althingi in 1918, he fought hard against its approval and was the only member of parliament in the lower house who voted against it, as he did not think it went far enough.
Icelandic Census 1910. 11 a við Skólavörðustíg, Reykjavíkursókn, Reykjavík.
Icelandic Census 1920. Skólavst 11 a, Reykjavíkurkaupstaður (31), Reykjavík.
Islendingabok, Islendingabok.
Icelandic Census 1880. Veitingahús, Húsavíkursókn, Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla.
Icelandic Census 1890. Veitingahús, Húsavíkursókn, Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla.
Icelandic Census 1901. No 7 Þingvallastræti, Reykjavík IV, Reykjavíkurkaupstaður.
Icelandic Census 1880. Engey, Reykjavíkursókn, Gullbringusýsla.
Icelandic Census 1890. Engey, Reykjavíkursókn, Gullbringusýsla.
Icelandic Census 1910. Nr. 18 A við Laugaveg, Reykjavíkursókn, Reykjavík.
Icelandic Census 1920. Laugaveg 66, Reykjavíkurkaupstaður (30), Reykjavík.
Ibid. hús H. Kr. Þorsteinss., Reykjavíkurkaupstaður (30), Reykjavík.
timarit.is. https://timarit.is/page/1869326?iabr=on#page/n28/mode/1up.
Morgunblaðið (Icelandic Newspaper), MBL.is. https://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/1263543/.