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39 unusual facts about Akureyri


Aron Gunnarsson

Born in Akureyri, Aron began his career with local side Þór Akureyri in 2005, before moving to the Netherlands a year later to play with AZ.

Aron has played club football in Iceland, the Netherlands, England and Wales for Þór Akureyri, AZ, Coventry City and Cardiff City.

Arthur Charles Gook

They settled in Akureyri, which was the headquarters of his work for the next fifty years.

Atli Örvarsson

Originally from the small town of Akureyri, Atli became established in the local music scene at a young age.

Bible translations into Icelandic

Both the 1863 and 1866 editions were printed by the "Brit. Bible Soc." at Oxford, and this seems to be the translation in the illustrated New Testament of the Scripture Gift Mission in 1903 (London & Akureyri).

Birkir Kristinsson

He started his career with local Vestmannaeyjar team ÍBV, and also played with Einherji from Vopnafjordur, KA from Akureyri, ÍA and Fram in the Icelandic league before moving to Norway with SK Brann in 1996, where he is still considered as a hero, after his efforts in the cup winner's cup in 1997, where SK Brann reached the quarter finals.

CANTAT-3

During that time, the Icelandic universities and hospitals in Akureyri and Reykjavík relied on emergency connectivity obtained via local internet providers Síminn and Vodafone.

Changer

Changer was founded in October 1999 in Akureyri, Iceland, by drummer Kristján B. Heiðarsson, as a one-man project.

Chantel Jones

She previously played for the professional Icelandic team, Þór Akureyri as well as Washington Spirit and the Virginia Cavaliers.

Convoy JW 55B

At the same time the Cruiser Force, from Murmansk, and the Distant Cover Force, waiting at Akureyri, in Iceland, also put to sea, taking station in the Norwegian Sea.

Convoy JW 56A

Three days out from Loch Ewe, on 15 January, JW 56A ran into a storm, forcing the convoy to shelter at Akureyri in Iceland, which it reached on 18 January.

Disc parking

Parking discs (bifreiðastæðaklukkur) were introduced to Iceland in the town of Akureyri in August 2005 allowing an indicated parking time between 30minutes and two hours depending on the distance to the city centre.

Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran

On his return to Iceland he was a journalist and editor in both Reykjavík and Akureyri; he participated in the struggle for independence and also wrote about education, temperance and theatre.

Emergency medical services in Iceland

Mýflug has one dedicated air ambulance in Iceland, based at Akureyri, the site of the country's second largest hospital.

Gudmundur Hólmar Jónsson

Gudmundur Hólmar Jónsson (born April 28, 1979 in Akureyri, Iceland) is a javelin thrower from Iceland.

Gunnfríður Jónsdóttir

At the age of 19 Gunnfríður attended a young women's school, but was forced to move to Akureyri and learn to be a seamstress after the school burned down.

Heiðar Geir Júlíusson

Heiðar Geir Júlíusson born (16 August 1987) in Akureyri on Iceland is a midfielder who currently plays for Swedish Division 2 club IFK Uddevalla

Icelandic heraldry

Rather than actual coats of arms, municipalities carry logos which usually look vaguely like a coat of arms, but the rules of heraldry are not always observed and the results vary, ranging from such characteristically heraldic arms as those of Akureyri to such unheraldic logos as that of Djupivogur.

Invasion of Iceland

In the following days air defence equipment was deployed in Reykjavík and a detachment of troops was sent to Akureyri.

Lastly, troops would be sent by land to the harbour at Akureyri and the landing ground at Melgerði in the north of the country.

Jón Sveinsson

Jón "Nonni" Stefán Sveinsson (16 November 1857, near Akureyri - 16 October 1944, Cologne) was an Icelandic children's writer and member of the Society of Jesus.

His childhood home in Akureyri is now a museum and he has featured on postage stamps.

Kristján Örn Sigurðsson

Kristján Örn Sigurðsson (often spelled Sigurdsson) (born 7 October 1980 in Akureyri) is an Icelandic footballer.

Landsvirkjun

The municipality of Akureyri acquired a share in Landsvirkjun in 1983 and became the third owner.

Lárus List

Lárus H. List, born Reykjavík 28 February 1956, is an artist resident in Háteigur, Akureyri in the north-east of Iceland.

Matthías Jochumsson

He died in Akureyri, where his house, Sigurhæðir, is now a museum, devoted to his life and work.

Miles Martinet

In 1949, MS902 was sold to the Akureyri Flying Club and given the Icelandic civil registration TF-SHC.

National Preservation Party

Representatives of the party also gained presence in the student council of the University of Iceland, the Akureyri local government and in the city council of Reykjavík.

Norlandair

That company was founded by a few aviation professionals that acquired North Air, an aviation company based in Akureyri.

Páll Skúlason

Páll Skúlason was born 4 June 1945 in Akureyri, Iceland.

Public transport in Iceland

Limited services are provided in the major urban areas, for example Strætó bs operates bus services in Reykjavík, and Strætisvagnar Akureyrar in the northern town of Akureyri.

Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service

This squadron was established in the autumn of 1940 and was operating from Akureyri, Iceland, from July 1941.

Saga Investment Bank

The firm’s main headquarters is in Akureyri, but the Corporate Finance and Capital Markets sectors are located in Reykjavík.

SS British Corporal

Due to thick fog and pack ice, British Corporal left the convoy to return to Iceland, joining Convoy QP 18 for the return and arriving at Akureyri on 18 April.

SS Empire Bard

She sailed from Hvalfjörður on 8 April and put into Akureyri on 13 April due to heavy pack ice and dense fog.

The School for Renewable Energy Science

RES - The School for Renewable Energy Science (Icelandic: RES - Orkuskólinn) is a private, non-profit, international graduate school located in the city of Akureyri in northern Iceland and shares its facilities with the University of Akureyri.

Víkingasveitin

Today, members of the unit are stationed in three different police districts, Höfuðborgarsvæðið police district (metropolitan police), Suðurnes police district and Akureyri police district.

Þór Akureyri

Íþróttafélagið Þór, commonly known as Þór Akureyri, simply Þór or Thór, is a sport club in Akureyri, Iceland.

Þrymskviða

A seated bronze statue of Thor (about 6.4 cm) known as the Eyrarland statue from about AD 1000 was recovered at a farm near Akureyri, Iceland and is a featured display at the National Museum of Iceland.


Akureyri Art Museum

Artists that have had their work displayed in the Akureyri Art Museum include Icelandic artists Erró, Kjarval and Louisa Matthíasdóttir, American artist Spencer Tunick, Israeli video artist Guy Ben-Ner and French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Akureyri Junior College

The Menntaskólinn á Akureyri traces its roots to the ancient school in Hólar in Hjaltadalur valley, founded in the beginning of Jón Ögmundsson's episcopacy in 1130.

Bandalag íslenskra skáta

In 1916 a group was formed in Stykkishólmur, 1917 in Akureyri to be followed with groups in the principal towns of Hafnarfjörður, Eyrarbakki, Akranes and Ísafjörður.