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3 unusual facts about Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík


Jón Þorláksson

Jón Þorláksson graduated from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík in 1897, highest in his class and with the best results ever given to a student at that school.

Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík

The school traces its origin to 1056, when a school was established in Skálholt, and it remains one of the oldest institutions in Iceland.

Þorsteinn Gylfason

Þorsteinn graduated from the Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík gymnasium in 1961 and subsequently received a grant to study at Harvard University.


Education in Iceland

Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík traces its origin to 1056, when a school was established in Skálholt.

Vilmundur Gylfason

Vilmundur studied at Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík, an Icelandic Junior College, from 1964 to 1968.

When he returned to Iceland in 1973, he received a job as a teacher of history at Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík and wrote articles in the Icelandic newspapers.


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