{"id":15014,"date":"2022-04-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/hjartasteinn-i-minningu-gudrunar-helgadottur\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:20:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:20:30","slug":"a-heart-stone-in-memory-of-gudrun-helgadottir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/hjartasteinn-i-minningu-gudrunar-helgadottur\/","title":{"rendered":"A Heartstone in Memory of Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Helgad\u00f3ttir"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gu\u00f0r\u00fan's family unveils a memorial in the heart of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<\/h4>\n

A heart-shaped stone in memory of Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Helgad\u00f3ttir was laid today in the heart of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, in front of the B\u00e6jarb\u00ed\u00f3. The idea for a beautiful tribute and monument first arose in conversation with the author himself, following the She was honoured in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur for her literary work.<\/a> her and her contribution to Icelandic culture in connection with the 2018 Children's Book and Film Festival. Gu\u00f0r\u00fan and her family liked the idea, and now a heart-shaped stone in memory of one of the most beloved and popular authors of our time has been unveiled. Gu\u00f0r\u00fan passed away on 23rd March last. <\/p>\n

\"Heartstone<\/p>\n

Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Helgad\u00f3ttir's family unveils a heart stone in the heart of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur in her memory. <\/sup><\/p>\n

The woman and the brothers whom the nation has learned to love <\/strong><\/h4>\n

The writer Gudr\u00fan Helgad\u00f3ttir from Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur has created characters that the nation has learnt to love over the years, such as P\u00e1ll Vilhj\u00e1lmsson and the twin brothers J\u00f3n Oddsson and J\u00f3n Bjarni. Through her creativity and sincerity in her writing, she managed to capture the pure interest of children and young people, immersing them in a world of adventure through reading and experience. Gudr\u00fan's body of fiction numbers almost thirty, and her books have been published in various languages. The setting for several of her books has been in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, and in particular connected to her family's childhood home on J\u00f3fr\u00ed\u00f0arsta\u00f0ir Road.<\/p>\n

\"HeartstoneAuthor Gunnar Helgason read from the book J\u00f3n Oddur & J\u00f3n Bjarni at a warm and modest ceremony in the B\u00e6jarb\u00ed\u00f3.<\/sup> <\/p>\n

\"IMG_3735\"Bj\u00f6rn Thoroddsen, the 2022 Artist in Residence for Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, played a few well-chosen songs for the guests and family of Gu\u00f0r\u00fan. <\/p>\n

The film \u2013 J\u00f3n Oddur & J\u00f3n Bjarni \u2013 was shown on the director's screen to mark the unveiling. <\/strong><\/h4>\n

Gu\u00f0r\u00fan's immediate family were present at the unveiling of the heart stone during a warm and modest ceremony. The family then attended a private screening at the B\u00e6jarb\u00ed\u00f3 cinema, where the film \u2013 J\u00f3n Oddur and J\u00f3n Bjarni \u2013 was shown on the big screen. The book about the twins is one of the most popular children's books ever published in Iceland. The story was Gu\u00f0r\u00fan's debut, for which she received the Nordic Children's Book Prize. The film about J\u00f3n Oddur & J\u00f3n Bjarni, by \u00der\u00e1inn Bertelsson, is based on Gu\u00f0r\u00fan's story of the same name. The film was Thr\u00e1inn's first feature-length film and premiered on 26 December 1981. A memorial stone in honour of Bj\u00f6rgvin Halld\u00f3rsson, musician and artist of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, was laid at the end of 2019.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fj\u00f6lskylda Gu\u00f0r\u00fanar afhj\u00fapar minnisvar\u00f0a \u00ed hjarta Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar Hjartasteinn \u00ed minningu Gu\u00f0r\u00fanar Helgad\u00f3ttur var \u00ed dag lag\u00f0ur \u00ed hjarta Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar fyrir framan B\u00e6jarb\u00ed\u00f3. Hugmynd a\u00f0 fallegum vir\u00f0ingarvotti og minnisvar\u00f0a kvikna\u00f0i fyrst \u00ed samtali vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fundinn sj\u00e1lfan \u00ed kj\u00f6lfar \u00feess a\u00f0 h\u00fan var hei\u00f0ru\u00f0 \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i fyrir ritverk hennar og framlag til \u00edslenskrar menningar \u00ed tengslum vi\u00f0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_wds_title":"","_wds_metadesc":"","_wds_focus-keywords":"","_wds_meta-robots-adv":"","_wds_meta-robots-noindex":false,"_wds_meta-robots-nofollow":false,"_wds_meta-robots-index":false,"_wds_meta-robots-follow":false,"_wds_autolinks-exclude":false,"_wds_canonical":"","_wds_redirect":"","_wds_opengraph":[],"_wds_twitter":[],"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15014"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}