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Sigurður Breiðfjörð

Sigurður Breiðfjörð (1798–1846) was an Icelandic poet and writer.

Also recorded as Sigurdur Breidfjörd

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A portrait of Sigurður Breiðfjörð (1798 – 1846).

As Sunnanfari notes, no likeness of Sigurður Breiðfjörð was made while he was alive. After his death, Helgi Sigurðsson á Melum (1815-1888), made a pencil drawing of him from memory and the image publi · Obtained from Sunnanfari , June 1895 . · Public domain

Biography

Recorded at birth as Sigurður Eiríksson.

Born at Breiðafjörður in 1798, died in Reykjavík in 1846.

The recorded working language is Icelandic.

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