On Saturday 7 February, 13:00–16:00, a symposium on Hafsteinn Guðmundsson will be held in Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3, and an exhibition on his life’s work will open.
The exhibition Prentsmiðjueintök (Printers’ copies) will also open.
Symposium programme:
Svanur Jóhannesson
on printing works in Iceland and his acquaintance with Hafsteinn
Bragi Þórðarson
working for Hafsteinn at Hólaprent
Þorgeir Baldursson
on Oddi and the cooperation between his father Baldur and Hafsteinn
Þröstur Jónsson
on training as a bookbinder with Hafsteinn
Þóra Elfa Björnsson
on typesetting for Hafsteinn Guðmundsson at Hólar
Haraldur Ólafsson
on working with Hafsteinn on Íslensk þjóðmenning
Helgi Grímsson
on the folk tales of Sigfús Sigfússon, the last folk tale series from Þjóðsaga
Goddur
on Hafsteinn the modernist
Chair: National Librarian Ingibjörg Steinunn Sverrisdóttir
