On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Jón Árnason, folklore collector and national librarian, a conference will be held and an exhibition opened at the National Library on September 7, 2019.

 

Agenda:

13:00 – 13:15 The Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir, delivers an address and unveils a relief in the lobby of the National Library.

13:20 – 13:30 National Librarian, Ingibjörg Steinunn Sverrisdóttir, will give an address.

13:30 – 13:50 Soffía Auður Birgisdóttir and Arndís Hulda Auðunsdóttir: "My dear, good God!" Correspondence between Jón Árnason and the children of Sveinbjarn Egilsson and Helga Benediktsdóttir Gröndal.

13:50 – 14:10 Hólmfríður K. Gunnarsdóttir: “This is what happens to those you know best and are most trusted by.” Letter from Rev. Jón Þórðarson to Jón Árnason.

14:10 – 14:30 Coffee

14:30 – 14:50 Bragi Þorgrímur Ólafsson: “The purest absurdity”. Jón Árnason and the fight for the strengthening of the National Library.

14:50 – 15:10 Romina Werth: “I was the worst to those I loved the most.” On the friendship and differences between Jón Árnason and Konrad Maurer.

15:10 – 15:30 Helga Kress: “Magisterconferencen”. From the letters of Jón Árnason and his wife Katrín Þorvaldsdóttir to their foster son Þorvald Thoroddsen during his years of study in Copenhagen 1875-1880.

15:30 Exhibition opening

                               Light refreshments available