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as Royal Danish Historian. He declined the post but promised the king to do what he could to collect manuscripts in Iceland. One of his first acts was to request all people residing in his diocese to turn over to the King any old manuscripts, either an original or a copy, as a gift or for a price.
279:, who owned the manuscript, was initially unwilling to give up his precious heirloom. After a personal visit and persuasion from Brynjólfur, Finnsson gave up the valuable manuscript. The manuscript was given to King Frederick III in 1656, and placed in the 254:, but the scholarly consensus is that whoever wrote the Eddic poems, whether in the sense of being the compiler or the poet, it could not have been Sæmundr. It is believed that the manuscript has multiple authorship from over a long span of time. 393: 429: 447: 103: 493: 335: 498: 422: 296: 465: 113: 427:(The History Of Nordic Women's Literature, 2012. Published By: Kvinfo, Copenhagen & Kvinnsam, Gothenburg) 276: 203:
literature. Brynjólfur is also known for his support of the career of the Icelandic poet and hymn writer
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Among the most monumental of the Icelandic manuscripts thus collected is the
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Brynjólfur biskup Sveinsson, forn átrúna›ur og Eddurnar
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Einar G. Pétursson, Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi
199:. His main influence has been on modern knowledge of 331:Brynjólfur Sveinsson Iceland banknote: 1000 Kronur 286: 475: 28:; this person is referred to by the given name 237:In 1643, he named the collection of Old Norse 214:Brynjólfur was born in Önundarfjörður in the 250:. Brynjólfur attributed the manuscript to 52: 354:(Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn) 261:appointed Brynjólfur to succeed the late 494:17th-century Icelandic Lutheran bishops 476: 13: 14: 510: 162: 425:Holm Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir 297:Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir Hólm 287:Brynjólfur Sveinsson in fiction 416: 401: 387: 372: 358: 344: 323: 309: 1: 395:Brynjólfur Sveinsson - biskup 302: 333:(SPIN Interactive Resources) 7: 499:Lutheran bishops of Iceland 293:Brynjólfur Sveinsson biskup 281:Royal Library of Copenhagen 10: 515: 226:from 1624 to 1629 and was 15: 462: 452: 444: 157: 143: 124: 119: 109: 99: 91: 83: 73: 63: 51: 44: 37: 368:(2015 Rajan P. Parrikar) 224:University of Copenhagen 383:(Store norske leksikon) 138:Önundarfjörður, Iceland 277:Flatey, Breiðafjörður 381:Brynjólfur Sveinsson 352:Brynjólfur Sveinsson 317:Brynjólfur Sveinsson 222:. He studied at the 205:Hallgrímur Pétursson 178:Brynjólfur Sveinsson 39:Brynjólfur Sveinsson 397:(Strandagaldur ses) 366:Holt í Önundarfirði 319:(Heimspekivefurinn) 234:from 1632 to 1638. 232:Roskilde University 20:. The last name is 432:2015-02-16 at the 379:Tarald Rasmussen: 338:2015-04-02 at the 259:King Frederick III 135:September 14, 1605 46:Bishop of Skálholt 472: 471: 466:Þórður Þorláksson 463:Succeeded by 175: 174: 153:Skálholt, Iceland 114:Þórður Þorláksson 68:Church of Iceland 58:Bishop Brynjólfur 506: 460:1639–1674 445:Preceded by 442: 441: 436: 420: 414: 405: 399: 391: 385: 376: 370: 362: 356: 348: 342: 327: 321: 313: 218:of northwestern 168: 166: 165: 150: 134: 132: 120:Personal details 56: 35: 34: 514: 513: 509: 508: 507: 505: 504: 503: 474: 473: 468: 459: 450: 440: 439: 434:Wayback Machine 421: 417: 412:(sydney.edu.au) 406: 402: 392: 388: 377: 373: 363: 359: 349: 345: 340:Wayback Machine 328: 324: 314: 310: 305: 289: 209:Icelandic króna 163: 161: 152: 148: 139: 136: 130: 128: 59: 40: 33: 12: 11: 5: 512: 502: 501: 496: 491: 486: 470: 469: 464: 461: 451: 446: 438: 437: 415: 400: 386: 371: 357: 343: 322: 307: 306: 304: 301: 288: 285: 173: 172: 159: 155: 154: 151:(aged 69) 147:August 5, 1675 145: 141: 140: 137: 126: 122: 121: 117: 116: 111: 107: 106: 101: 97: 96: 93: 89: 88: 85: 81: 80: 75: 71: 70: 65: 61: 60: 57: 49: 48: 42: 41: 38: 18:Icelandic name 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 511: 500: 497: 495: 492: 490: 487: 485: 482: 481: 479: 467: 458: 457: 449: 448:Gísli Oddsson 443: 435: 431: 428: 426: 419: 413: 411: 404: 398: 396: 390: 384: 382: 375: 369: 367: 361: 355: 353: 347: 341: 337: 334: 332: 326: 320: 318: 312: 308: 300: 298: 294: 284: 282: 278: 274: 273: 267: 264: 260: 255: 253: 252:Sæmundr fróði 249: 248: 244: 240: 235: 233: 229: 225: 221: 217: 212: 210: 206: 202: 198: 194: 190: 186: 183: 179: 171: 160: 156: 146: 142: 127: 123: 118: 115: 112: 108: 105: 104:Gísli Oddsson 102: 98: 94: 90: 86: 82: 79: 76: 72: 69: 66: 62: 55: 50: 47: 43: 36: 31: 27: 23: 19: 453: 424: 423:Dagný Hokm: 418: 409: 403: 394: 389: 380: 374: 365: 360: 351: 346: 330: 325: 316: 311: 292: 290: 272:Flateyjarbók 270: 268: 256: 245: 243:heroic poems 239:mythological 236: 213: 177: 176: 149:(1675-08-05) 29: 489:1675 deaths 484:1605 births 158:Nationality 100:Predecessor 26:family name 16:This is an 478:Categories 454:Bishop of 303:References 291:The novel 263:Stephanius 216:Westfjords 211:banknote. 131:1605-09-14 30:Brynjólfur 22:patronymic 201:Old Norse 170:Icelandic 110:Successor 95:1639–1674 92:In office 84:Appointed 456:Skálholt 430:Archived 336:Archived 257:In 1650 193:Skálholt 182:Lutheran 78:Skálholt 24:, not a 228:Provost 220:Iceland 197:Iceland 187:of the 74:Diocese 185:Bishop 167:  64:Church 247:Edda 241:and 144:Died 125:Born 87:1639 295:by 230:of 195:in 191:of 189:see 480:: 283:. 133:) 129:( 32:.

Index

Icelandic name
patronymic
family name
Bishop of Skálholt
Portrait of Bishop Brynjólfur Sveinsson
Church of Iceland
Skálholt
Gísli Oddsson
Þórður Þorláksson
Icelandic
Lutheran
Bishop
see
Skálholt
Iceland
Old Norse
Hallgrímur Pétursson
Icelandic króna
Westfjords
Iceland
University of Copenhagen
Provost
Roskilde University
mythological
heroic poems
Edda
Sæmundr fróði
King Frederick III
Stephanius
Flateyjarbók

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