Bjarni Guðnason

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Bjarni.
Bjarni Guðnason
Personal information
Full name Bjarni Guðnason
Date of birth (1928-09-03)3 September 1928
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Date of death 27 October 2023(2023-10-27) (aged 95)
Place of death Landspítali, Iceland
Position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1953 Víkingur Reykjavík
International career
1951–1953 Iceland 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bjarni Guðnason (3 September 1928 – 27 October 2023) was an Icelandic professor, historian, politician and footballer.

Personal life

Bjarni was born in Reykjavík on 3 September 1928 to Guðni Jónsson, a prófessor, and Jónína Margrét Pálsdóttir.[1] He obtained a diploma from Reykjavik College in 1948 and later studied English in London. He married Anna Guðrún Tryggvadóttir in 1955 and the couple had four children. Bjarni died at the Landspítali hospital on 27 October 2023, at the age of 95.[2]

Academic career

Bjarni obtained a master's degree in Icelandic literature from the University of Iceland in 1956 and subsequently spent six years as a visiting lecturer at Uppsala University in Sweden. He went on to earn a doctorate from the University of Iceland, graduating in 1963, after which he served as a professor in Icelandic literary history until his retirement in 1998. During this time, he twice served as the president of the university's philosophy department and was the chairman of the Association of University Teachers (Icelandic: Félag háskolakennara) from 1969 to 1970.[1]

Political career

In 1971, Bjarni was elected as a member of the Althing, the Icelandic national parliament, representing the Union of Liberals and Leftists (Icelandic: Samtök frjálslyndra og vinstrimanna). Following the 1983 election, he served as a deputy member for the Social Democratic Party (Icelandic: Alþýðuflokkurinn), taking a seat in the house on two occasions during the 1983–1987 parliamentary session.[1]

Sporting career

Bjarni played association football as a striker. Between 1951 and 1953, he won four caps for the Iceland national football team and was part of the team that defeated Sweden on 29 June 1951.[3] Bjarni spent his domestic career with Víkingur Reykjavík. He also represented the Iceland national handball team on several occasions.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Andlát: Bjarni Guðnason". Morgunblaðið. 31 October 2023. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Bjarni Guðnason". MBL. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Bjarni Guðnason international appearances at ksi.is". KSÍ. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
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