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Hallgrímur Pétursson

Born

in Gröf, Höfðaströnd, Iceland

January 01, 1614

Died

October 27, 1674

Genre

Religion & Spirituality, Poetry

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Hallgrímur was a Lutheran priest and the foremost composer of psalms in Iceland. His father was Pétur Guðmundsson, a bell-ringer at Hólar, one of the oldest bishoprics in Iceland, and cousin of the bishop Guðbrandur Þorláksson.
Hallgrímur was raised at Hólar. He was a good scholar, but of a difficult temperament in his youth. He was sent to Glücksburg in Denmark (now in Germany) to learn how to work metal. For several years he worked as a blacksmith in Copenhagen and there he met the future bishop Brynjólfur Sveinsson, who persuaded him to attend the seminary there. When he was in his final year, some Icelanders arrived in Copenhagen who had been abducted in the Turkish raids of 1627 and had been in Algeria for many years. It was said that t ...more

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	Passíusálmar by Hallgrímur Pétursson, Ögmundur Helgason (Editor), Sigurbjörn Einarsson (Editor), Skúli Björn Gunnarsson (Editor) 4.55 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1666 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hymns of the Passion: Passíusálmar by Hallgrímur Pétursson, Gracia Grindal (Translator) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fimmtíu Passíu-sálmar... liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sálmar og kvæði, úrval: Hallgrímur Pétursson by Hallgrímur Pétursson, Páll Bjarnason (Editor) 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Way of the Cross and Thirty-One Meditations on Christ's Passion: Selections from the Poetry of Hallgrimur Petursson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Andlegir Sálmar Og Quoedi 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Andlegir Sálmar og Quœdi 1838 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Sálmar og kvæði / eftir Hallgrím Pétursson. Volume v.2 1890 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sálmar og kvæði / eftir Hallgrím Pétursson. Volume v.1 1890 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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