Andri Magnason

@andrimagnason

Andri Snaer Magnason, Icelandic writer. Tímakistan, LoveStar, Blue Planet, Dreamland, poetry and more. (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-1349320-18', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview');

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My new book in Finland!

#tímakistan #aika-arkku

Backcountry Skiing. Mt Esja Iceland #advancedshelter

welcometoobangkok

Björk, Hulda Filipía Andradóttir y Andri Snær Magnason, 20 de junio de 2008. Björk, Hulda Filipía Andradóttir and Andri Snær Magnason, June 20 2008.

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welcometoobangkok

Björk and writer and environmentalist Andri Snær Magnason in a press conference of Iceland Airwaves, speaking about gætum garðsins (“protect the park”) highlighting the need for urgent action to save iceland’s highlands from environmental destruction. Reykjavik, Iceland. November 6, 2015. Sign the petition in http://heartoficeland.org/ Conference’s Video: https://youtu.be/1TyPRvcARQU

Björk y el escritor y ambientalista Andri Snær Magnason en una conferencia de prensa de Iceland Airwaves, hablar de garðsins gætum (“proteger el parque”) destacando la necesidad de una acción urgente para salvar las tierras altas de Islandia de la destrucción del medio ambiente. Reykjavik, Islandia. 06 de noviembre 2015. Firmar la petición en http://heartoficeland.org/ Vídeo de la conferencia: https://youtu.be/1TyPRvcARQU

andrimagnason

Santa Claus is really lame compared to the Icelandic Christmas figures. The Jule Lads in Iceland are 13 and they appear one by one 13 days before Christmas. They all have some kind of obsession for one thing, Door Slammer, slams doors, Spoon Licker, licks spoons and Window Peeper, peeps into your window. In the old days they would steal things but today children put a shoe in the window and get something each of these 13 days before christmas. The Jule Lads have a horrible mother, her name is Grýla and she is some kind of a troll or ogre, she makes a list, checks it twice and eats the children that don’t seem nice. In some poems she has three heads and a mouth of a dog. A popular children’s song is about the Christmas when she died of hunger, because all the children were so nice. The Christmas Cat, is a huge beast that eats the poor people that don’t get any new clothes for christmas. Centuries of raising children in Iceland have proven that scary things like the Christmas Cat and Grýla are very useful when you want children to sit still and behave.

my-diversions

I remember some of these pictures from books I read as a child! I used to be so scared of Grýla T^T

Vetur í Breiðholti 2. (at Breiðholt)

Vetur. (at Breiðholt)

andrimagnason

Santa Claus is really lame compared to the Icelandic Christmas figures. The Jule Lads in Iceland are 13 and they appear one by one 13 days before Christmas. They all have some kind of obsession for one thing, Door Slammer, slams doors, Spoon Licker, licks spoons and Window Peeper, peeps into your window. In the old days they would steal things but today children put a shoe in the window and get something each of these 13 days before christmas. The Jule Lads have a horrible mother, her name is Grýla and she is some kind of a troll or ogre, she makes a list, checks it twice and eats the children that don’t seem nice. In some poems she has three heads and a mouth of a dog. A popular children’s song is about the Christmas when she died of hunger, because all the children were so nice. The Christmas Cat, is a huge beast that eats the poor people that don’t get any new clothes for christmas. Centuries of raising children in Iceland have proven that scary things like the Christmas Cat and Grýla are very useful when you want children to sit still and behave.

my-diversions

I remember some of these pictures from books I read as a child! I used to be so scared of Grýla T^T