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.

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

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

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

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

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

The minister at first believed that the request was a joke but when Sveinbjörn and Þorsteinn told him that they were serious he requested additional paperwork.

The event was held at Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson's farm at Dragháls in pelting rain below a plaster statue of the god Thor made by Jörmundur Ingi Hansen.

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.

Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson was active in the peace movement, erecting a níðstöng against nuclear power in 1985.

In Iceland, Ásatrúarfélagið, led by farmer Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson, was recognized as a religious organization by the Icelandic government in 1973.

For its first 20 years it was led by farmer & poet Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

* 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.

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

It included recordings by Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson.

Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, engraving by Hans Peter Hansen.

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

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.

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