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Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson (4 July 1924 – 23 December 1993) was an Icelandic religious leader and singer of rímur who was instrumental in helping to gain Icelandic government's recognition of the pre-Christian Heathenry in the country.
Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson, the son of the farmer Beinteinn Einarsson from Litlabotni-on-Hvaljardsbeach and Helga Pétursdóttir from Drághals in Svindal, was born on Apr 4th 1924. He died on the December 24th 1993 from heart failure.
Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson, född 4 juli 1924 i Grafardalur på Island, död 23 december 1993 i Dragháls, var den främste att få modern asatro godkänd som religion på Island. Han grundade 1972 det isländska Ásatrúarfélagið (Asatrosamfundet) och verkade som dess andlige ledare, allsherjargode, fram till sin död 1993.
Hann var áhugamaður um skógrækt og náttúruunnandi. Sveinbjörn var stofnandi Ásatrúarfélagsins og var allsherjargoði þess allt til dánardags og varð heimsþekktur fyrir. Sveinbjörn lést þann 23. desember 1993.
Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson | Asatru Folk Assembly. ᛉ July 4, 1924 - December 23, 1993 ᛦ. Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson was born July 4, 1924, and lived as a sheep farmer in Borgarfjörður, a fjord in the west of Iceland. Sveinbjörn was an early practitioner and leader of modern Ásatrú.
Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson (4. júlí 1924 – 24. desember 1993) var skáld og allsherjargoði Ásatrúarfélagsins á Íslandi. Hann bjó að Draghálsi í Svínadal í Skorradalshreppi, Borgarfirði. Sveinbjörn kom oft fram á tónleikum á pönktímabílinu og kvað rímur milli atriða, og má t.d. sjá hann kveða í Rokk í Reykjavík.
Oct 1, 2023 · In this article, I examine Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson's performances of Icelandic traditional vocal music, or kveða music, in Reykjavík's early 1980s punk-rock scene.
