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Guðjón Samúelsson

Guðjón Samúelsson was an Icelandic architect (1887–1950). He was born in Reykjavík.

Also recorded as Gudjón Samúelsson · Gudjon Samuelsson

The old pharmacy in Reykjavik, Gamla apótekið

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Identity

Guðjón Samúelsson is recorded as architect.

Hotel 1919, Eimskipahúsið, Reykjavík, Iceland

Hotel 1919, Eimskipahúsið, Reykjavík, Iceland

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Old school in Laugarvatn Iceland. Architect Guðjón Samúelsson

Old school in Laugarvatn Iceland. Architect Guðjón Samúelsson

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Dated record

Life and career

Explore 1887–1950

  1. 1887

    Life

    Guðjón Samúelsson was born in 1887 at Reykjavík.

  2. 1923

    Túngata 18 is dated 1923.

  3. 1929

    Landakotskirkja is dated 1929.

  4. 1930

    Hotel Borg is dated 1930.

  5. 1940

    Akureyrarkirkja is dated 1940.

  6. 1950

    Life

    Guðjón Samúelsson died in 1950 at Reykjavík.

  7. 1950

    National Theatre of Iceland is dated 1950.

The full dated record · 7 entries
  1. 1887

    Guðjón Samúelsson was born in 1887 at Reykjavík.

  2. 1923

    Túngata 18 is dated 1923.

  3. 1929

    Landakotskirkja is dated 1929.

  4. 1930

    Hotel Borg is dated 1930.

  5. 1940

    Akureyrarkirkja is dated 1940.

  6. 1950

    Guðjón Samúelsson died in 1950 at Reykjavík.

  7. 1950

    National Theatre of Iceland is dated 1950.

Named by the record

Places

Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.

  • Reykjavík
Birth
Plotted from the places the record itself names, at the scale of their own extent.

Catalogued output

Catalogued works

Their recorded dates run from 1923 to 1950.

  • National Theatre of Iceland

    1950

  • Landakotskirkja

    1929

  • Akureyrarkirkja

    1940

  • Hotel Borg

    1930

  • University of Iceland Main Building

  • Túngata 18

    1923

Literature

Scholarly footprint

A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Held on the record

Further particulars

Open the remaining particulars

Naming and authority record. Those registers additionally record the form Samúelsson, Guðjón.

  • Digitised editions and texts

  • Guðjón Samúelsson húsameistari (2020) — Open Library

The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.

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