Laxness Museum
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Local jazz trio performs in Nobel laureate’s living room
Accomplished local jazz trio performs in the living room at Gljúfrasteinn museum.
Gissur Páll tenor
70 years since Halldór Laxness received the Nobel Prize
This year marks 70 years since Halldór Laxness received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Final Living Room Concert of the Summer – Valdimar & Örn Perform Icelandic Classics
The Final Living Room Concert of the Summer – Valdimar & Örn Perform Icelandic Classics
GDRN & Magnús Jóhann in concert
Singer GDRN and keyboardist Magnús Jóhann have performed together extensively in recent years, both as a duo and with a band. The two will perform at Gljúfrasteinn on Sunday, August 24th, at 4 PM.
Whoever doesn´t live in poetry cannot survive here on earth.Under the Glacier, 1968
Halldór Laxness
Halldór Laxness was born in Reykjavík in 1902. His first novel was published in 1919, marking the beginning of a spectacular career as a novelist that would span decades. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955.
A true man of the world, Halldór Laxness spent a great deal of time overseas but his home from 1945 was Gljúfrasteinn in Mosfellssveit.