Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson at a blót in 1991

Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson ( July 4, 1924 – December 23, 1993 ), a native of Iceland, was instrumental in helping to gain recognition by the Icelandic government for the pre-Christian Norse religion.

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There are hundreds of these meters, counting variations ( Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson provides 450 variations in his Háttatal ), but they can be grouped in approximately ten families.

In the late twentieth century Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson was the best known rímur poet.

* Kvæðamennafélagið Iðunn Eponymous homepage of a society devoted to the revival of traditional Icelandic singing ; includes information in Icelandic on traditional performance styles, and an online edition of Bragfræði og Háttatal by Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson which catalogues the meters used by rímur poets, with examples performed by the author.

It included recordings by Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson.

Other important artists featured here are Bubbi Morthens with his band Egó, Fræbbblarnir, Grýlurnar, and the renowned Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson with his chanting poem “ Rímur ”, among others.

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The organization was led by farmer and poet Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson from 1972 until his death in 1993.

The four men who would become the organization's early leaders and ideologues were Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson, a farmer and a traditionalist poet, Jörmundur Ingi Hansen, a jack of all trades and a prominent person in the Reykjavík hippie movement, Dagur Þorleifsson, a journalist and active member of the Reykjavík theosophy lodge, and Þorsteinn Guðjónsson, leader of Félag Nýalssinna, an organization devoted to the theories of Helgi Pjeturss.

Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson described the founding of Ásatrúarfélagið as based on a belief in hidden forces in the land and connected to " the desire that Icelanders could have their own faith, and nourish it no less than imported religions ".

Shortly before Christmas 1972, Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson and Þorsteinn Guðjónsson visited Ólafur Jóhannesson, minister of justice and ecclesiastical affairs, and expressed interest in registering Ásatrúarfélagið as an official religious organization.

The same year, Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson published his autobiography.

In late 1993, Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson died and in 1994, elections were held for a new allsherjargoði.

In a meeting shortly thereafter Sveinbjörn was chosen as chairman and dubbed allsherjargoði.

Noted Icelandic scholar Sveinbjörn Egilsson served as the first rector of the school from its founding in Reykjavík in 1846.

In 1982 Sveinbjörn released an album, Eddukvæði ( Songs from The Poetic Edda ), in which he recites in rímur style 75 stanzas from Hávamál, Völuspá and Sigrdrífumál.

While Jörmundur was, like Sveinbjörn, an older man knowledgeable in ancient literature, he differed from his predecessor in his greater skill at dealing with the media.

The lyrics are by Matthías Jochumsson and the music by Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson.

* Sveinbjörn Egilsson and Finnur Jónsson, eds.

The national anthem of Iceland is " Lofsöngur ", written by Matthías Jochumsson, with music by Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson.

Sveinbjörn lived his entire life in West Iceland.

Sveinbjörn is regarded with much respect and affection amongst Ásatrú.

Sveinbjörn can be heard performing Ásatrú marriage rites for Genesis and Paula P-Orridge ( now Alaura O ' Dell ) on Psychic TV's LP Live in Reykjavik and on the double LP entitled Those who do not.

Additionally, former Psychic TV member David Tibet ( né David Michael Bunting ) released a CD of Sveinbjörn performing his own rímur and reciting the traditional Poetic Edda under the title Current 93 presents Sveinbjörn ' Edda in two editions through the now defunct record company World Serpent Distribution.

The national anthem of Iceland is " Lofsöngur ", written by Matthías Jochumsson, with music by Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson.

The national anthem is " Ó Guð vors lands " (), written by Matthías Jochumsson, with music by Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson.

Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, engraving by Hans Peter Hansen.

Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson ( 28 June 1847 – 23 February 1927 ), was an Icelandic composer best known for composing Lofsöngur, the National Anthem of Iceland.

Sveinbjörn was born in Seltjarnarnes.

At the time, Svendsen had just finished his studies in Leipzig and encouraged Sveinbjörn to go and study music, either in Leipzig or Copenhagen.

Sveinbjörn went to Copenhagen, but later carried on to Leipzig where his teacher was Carl Reinecke.

Consequently, Sveinbjörn gained a far higher level of musical education than other musicians in Iceland at that time.

As the musical opportunities were limited in Iceland at the end of the 19th century, Sveinbjörn moved to Edinburgh.

Sveinbjörn also composed a considerable number of folk songs.