Rauðisandur
Rauðisandur is a coastal area in Westfjords, Iceland. Historically it was located in the historic Vestur-Barðastrandarsýsla county.[1]
Sjöundá murder
Sjöundá is a secluded deserted farm, at the easternmost point of Rauðasandur.[2] In 1802 the farm was the location of a murder, when a man and a woman were murdered by Bjarni Bjarnason and Steinunn Sveinsdóttir.[3] In 1803 King Christian VII sentenced the pair to death, with the execution taking place in 1805.[4]
The author Gunnar Gunnarsson wrote a novel about the events in 1929 called Svartfugl.[5] A play based on the book was staged in the National Theatre of Iceland in 1971.[6]
A later inhabitant of Sjöundá was Tómas Jónsson, born 26 April 1827. In 1884 he emigrated to Canada with his son, who came to be known as Gisli Magnus Thompson, settling at Kross in Gimli, Manitoba.[7]
References
- ^ "Rauðasandur Beach & Sjöundá in the Westfjords of Iceland - Red Sands & a Crime Scene". Guide to Iceland. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ Brunsdale, Mitzi M. (2016-04-27). Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2277-4.
- ^ "100 people revisit an old historical murder". Iceland Monitor. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ "From Iceland — This Day In Icelandic History: Murder Duo Bjarni And Steinunn Get Sentenced To Death". The Reykjavik Grapevine. 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ Gunnarsson, Gunnar (1949). Svartfugl (in Icelandic). Útgáfufélagið Landnáma.
- ^ "Unesco City of Literature" (PDF).
- ^ History Committee, Gimli Saga® II: The History of Gimli, Manitoba 1975, Winner of the Lady Tweedsmuir Trophy 1973 (Altona, Manitoba: Gimli Saga, 2024), ISBN 9781068837401 (fyrst gefin út frá the Gimli Women's Institute 1974, endurprentuð árið 1979), bls. 757.
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