{"id":1459,"date":"2026-03-05T20:56:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seldalur.vefir.net\/kerling\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2026-03-05T20:58:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:58:44","slug":"vidfjardartaflid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/vidfjardartaflid\/","title":{"rendered":"Vi\u00f0fjar\u00f0artafli\u00f0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00datskur\u00f0armeistari og h\u00f6nnu\u00f0ur \u00feessa merka verks er S\u00f3fus Sveinsson \u00ed Vi\u00f0fir\u00f0i. Hann var sonur Sveins Bjarnasonar \u00ed Vi\u00f0fir\u00f0i, mennta\u00f0s smi\u00f0s b\u00e6\u00f0i \u00e1 tr\u00e9 og j\u00e1rn og afbur\u00f0a hagleiksmanns og konu hans \u00d3lafar \u00de\u00f3rarinsd\u00f3ttur fr\u00e1 Randversst\u00f6\u00f0um \u00ed Brei\u00f0dal. Efnivi\u00f0urinn er birki fr\u00e1 Hallormssta\u00f0. Sm\u00ed\u00f0i \u00feess h\u00f3f S\u00f3fus fj\u00f3rt\u00e1n \u00e1ra gamall, en \u00e1tti eftir a\u00f0 sm\u00ed\u00f0a taflbor\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00feegar hann l\u00e9st tuttugu og sj\u00f6 \u00e1ra. Hann \u00e1tti vi\u00f0 veikindi a\u00f0 str\u00ed\u00f0a og haf\u00f0i ekki fulla starfsgetu s\u00ed\u00f0ustu \u00e1rin. Hann f\u00f3rst \u00ed sj\u00f3r\u00f3\u00f0ri 1. Okt. 1936 \u00e1samt tveimur br\u00e6\u00f0rum s\u00ednum \u00de\u00f3rarni og Fr\u00edmanni og n\u00e1granna Halld\u00f3ri Eir\u00edkssyni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R\u00edkar\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson skrifar um listamanninn og tafli\u00f0 \u00ed Morgunbla\u00f0inu 21.4. 1935 og segir \u00fear \u201cS\u00f3fus Sveinsson er gersamlega \u00f3l\u00e6r\u00f0ur ma\u00f0ur \u00ed \u00feessari ment og ekki hefur hann bori\u00f0 \u00f6nnur verkf\u00e6ri en t\u00e1lguhn\u00edf a\u00f0 birkihni\u00f0jum s\u00ednum\u201dog seinna \u00ed greininni skrifar hann \u201cen hjer er ekki hagleikurinn einn saman, heldur er alt af mikilli hugsun og viti gert\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vi\u00f0fjar\u00f0artafli\u00f0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u00c1ri\u00f0 1939 var Vi\u00f0fjar\u00f0artafli\u00f0 sent sem framlag \u00cdslands \u00e1 heimss\u00fdninguna \u00ed New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00cd V\u00edsi \u00feri\u00f0ja j\u00fal\u00ed 1947 er greint fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 tafli\u00f0 s\u00e9 til s\u00fdnis \u00ed S\u00fdningarglugga J\u00f3ns Bj\u00f6rnssonar og Co vi\u00f0 Ing\u00f3lfsstr\u00e6ti \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk. \u00dear fylgir a\u00f0 tafli\u00f0 s\u00e9 til s\u00f6lu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vi\u00f0fjar\u00f0artafli\u00f0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tafli\u00f0 komst s\u00ed\u00f0ar \u00ed v\u00f6rslu \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0minjasafns \u00cdslands sem l\u00e9t N\u00e1tt\u00farugripasafni\u00f0 \u00cd Neskaupsta\u00f0 f\u00e1 \u00fea\u00f0 til s\u00fdningar \u00e1ri\u00f0 1994. Safni\u00f0 f\u00e9kk Hlyn Halld\u00f3rsson \u00e1 Mi\u00f0h\u00fasum \u00e1 H\u00e9ra\u00f0i til a\u00f0 sm\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0eigandi taflbor\u00f0 undir \u00fea\u00f0. \u00dear s\u00f3mir \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00e9r vel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00datskur\u00f0armeistari og h\u00f6nnu\u00f0ur \u00feessa merka verks er S\u00f3fus Sveinsson \u00ed Vi\u00f0fir\u00f0i. Hann var sonur Sveins Bjarnasonar \u00ed Vi\u00f0fir\u00f0i, mennta\u00f0s smi\u00f0s b\u00e6\u00f0i \u00e1 tr\u00e9 og j\u00e1rn og afbur\u00f0a hagleiksmanns og konu hans \u00d3lafar \u00de\u00f3rarinsd\u00f3ttur fr\u00e1 Randversst\u00f6\u00f0um \u00ed Brei\u00f0dal. Efnivi\u00f0urinn er birki fr\u00e1 Hallormssta\u00f0. Sm\u00ed\u00f0i \u00feess h\u00f3f S\u00f3fus fj\u00f3rt\u00e1n \u00e1ra gamall, en \u00e1tti eftir a\u00f0 sm\u00ed\u00f0a taflbor\u00f0i\u00f0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,107,104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-menning-og-minjar","category-minjar","category-vidfjordur"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vidfjardartaflid_allt.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1459"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1465,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459\/revisions\/1465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}