Introduction
Born: May 19, 1831, Arnarstapi, Snæfellsnes, Iceland.
Died: August 21, 1913, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Born: May 19, 1831, Arnarstapi, Snæfellsnes, Iceland.
Died: August 21, 1913, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Steingrímur was the father of writer Haraldur Hamar Thorsteinsson.
He attended the Lærða Skólanum in Reykjavík in 1851, then went to Denmark to study law at the University of Copenhagen.
He eventually moved from the study of law to ancient languages (Greek and Latin), history and Nordic studies.
He returned to Iceland in 1872 and taught at the Lærða Skólanum. He eventually became its rector, an office he held until his death.
Thorsteinsson translated many works into Icelandic, including 1001 Arabian Nights, Shakespeare’s King Lear, Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, and the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen.
He was a strong supporter of Jón Sigurðsson in the campaign for Icelandic independence.
If you know Thorsteinsson’s burial place,