Theodóra Thoroddsen

Ármann Jakobsson (University of Iceland)

Ed. by Ármann Jakobsson, University of Iceland
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.3.4: Icelandic Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Ármann Jakobsson (University of Iceland), Kjerstin Moody (Gustavus Adolphus College), Sven Hakon Rossel (Universitat Wien), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen (University College London)

Dates

Born 1 Jul 1863
Died 23 Feb 1954

Places

Born in Iceland
Active in Iceland

Activities

Primary

Folklorist/Ethnographer
Poet

Resources

Thoroddsen's Works

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The Icelandic poet and folklorist Theodóra Friðrika Guðmundsdóttir Thoroddsen was born at Kvennabrekka in the Dalasýsla county of Iceland on 1 July 1863, daughter of Katrín Ólafsdóttir Sívertsen and the priest and parliamentarian Guðmundur Einarsson. In 1884, she married her second cousin Skúli Thoroddsen, later an editor and political leader, and together they had 13 children. They lived in Ísafjörður in the Vestfirðir (Westfjords) region of Iceland, where Skúli was the local sýslumaður [magistrate], before first moving to Bessastaðir in 1899, and to Reykjavík in 1908. Skúli died in 1916, leaving Theodóra a widow with 12 children.

Theodóra’s essays, poems, and short stories were published widely in Iceland, first in the journal Skírnir (1913). Her Þulur

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Citation: Jakobsson, Ármann. "Theodóra Thoroddsen". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 June 2023 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=15071, accessed 04 May 2024.]

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