{"id":3018,"date":"2017-09-14T10:42:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T10:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/?page_id=3018"},"modified":"2019-06-03T22:06:25","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T22:06:25","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-infinite\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-infinite fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"3\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-3573\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3573 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/butikk-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/butikk-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/butikk-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/a-mini-tour-of-norway\/\">A Mini-Tour of Norway<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/butikk-scaled.jpg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"3573\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"butikk\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/a-mini-tour-of-norway\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA Mini-Tour of Norway\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"tag\">News<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/a-mini-tour-of-norway\/\" aria-label=\"A Mini-Tour of Norway\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/a-mini-tour-of-norway\/\">A Mini-Tour of Norway<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Hallgr\u00edmur Helgason just finished a mini-tour of the Literature houses in Norway with his novel Sixty Kilos of Sunshine. He was \"bookbathed\" on stage, as they call it there, in Oslo, Stavanger and Bergen. He also visited bookstores, signed books, appeared on Norway's biggest morning radio show, Nitimen, recorded an episode<a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/a-mini-tour-of-norway\/\"> [...]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/author\/adrianna\/\" title=\"Posts by Kolbr\u00fan Krist\u00edn Karlsd\u00f3ttir\" rel=\"author\">Kolbr\u00fan Krist\u00edn Karlsd\u00f3ttir<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-20T11:08:53+00:00<\/span><span>March 6th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/a-mini-tour-of-norway\/\" aria-label=\"More on A Mini-Tour of Norway\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3561\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3561 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_9797-320x202.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_9797-320x202.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_9797-700x441.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/number-one-in-norway\/\">Number One in Norway!<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_9797-scaled.jpeg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"3561\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_9797\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/number-one-in-norway\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNumber One in Norway!\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"tag\">News<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/number-one-in-norway\/\" aria-label=\"Number One in Norway!\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/number-one-in-norway\/\">Number One in Norway!<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> The first volume of Hallgr\u00edmur's big trilogy, The Sixty Kilo Saga, is now the biggest selling book in Norway, according to the official Norwegian bestseller list\u00a0Boklista. Sixty Kilos of Sunshine was published in early January by Kagge Forlag in Oslo and instantly got great reviews in the Norwegian press, four newspapers c<a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/number-one-in-norway\/\"> [...]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/author\/adrianna\/\" title=\"Posts by Kolbr\u00fan Krist\u00edn Karlsd\u00f3ttir\" rel=\"author\">Kolbr\u00fan Krist\u00edn Karlsd\u00f3ttir<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-13T11:21:00+00:00<\/span><span>January 21st, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/number-one-in-norway\/\" aria-label=\"More on Number One in Norway!\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3570\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3570 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6527-scaled-e1773830949244-320x202.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6527-scaled-e1773830949244-320x202.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6527-scaled-e1773830949244-700x441.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/new-collection-of-poetry\/\">New Collection of Poetry<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_6527-scaled-e1773830949244.jpeg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"3570\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_6527\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/new-collection-of-poetry\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNew Collection of Poetry\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"tag\">News<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/new-collection-of-poetry\/\" aria-label=\"New Collection of Poetry\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/new-collection-of-poetry\/\">New Collection of Poetry<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Hallgr\u00edmur has published a new collection of poetry illustrated by himself. The book is titled \"Drungabrim \u00ed dau\u00f0um sj\u00f3\", roughly translated as \"Ghostly Surf in a Sea of Calm\". It is a compilation of his poetry written in the 21st century, poems done in the classical meters of the great Icelandic tradition, with the age ol<a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/new-collection-of-poetry\/\"> [...]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/author\/adrianna\/\" title=\"Posts by Kolbr\u00fan Krist\u00edn Karlsd\u00f3ttir\" rel=\"author\">Kolbr\u00fan Krist\u00edn Karlsd\u00f3ttir<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-18T10:49:14+00:00<\/span><span>October 9th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/new-collection-of-poetry\/\" aria-label=\"More on New Collection of Poetry\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3566\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3566 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6183-scaled-e1773830065261-320x202.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6183-scaled-e1773830065261-320x202.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6183-scaled-e1773830065261-700x441.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/war-is-in-the-air\/\">War Is In the Air<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6183-scaled-e1773830065261.jpeg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"3566\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_6183\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/war-is-in-the-air\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWar Is In the Air\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"tag\">News<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/war-is-in-the-air\/\" aria-label=\"War Is In the Air\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/war-is-in-the-air\/\">War Is In the Air<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Hallgr\u00edmur's exhibition \"War \u00ed lofti\" or \"War Is In the Air\" opened on 27. September 2025 in Gallery Port in Hallger\u00f0argata in Reykjavik. Here the artist shows 11 new paintings, all done this year. All works are comments on the state of world affairs, the horrors of ongoing wars and the ongoing fear of a world war breaking<a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/war-is-in-the-air\/\"> [...]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/author\/adrianna\/\" title=\"Posts by Kolbr\u00fan Krist\u00edn Karlsd\u00f3ttir\" rel=\"author\">Kolbr\u00fan Krist\u00edn Karlsd\u00f3ttir<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-18T10:34:34+00:00<\/span><span>September 27th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/war-is-in-the-air\/\" aria-label=\"More on War Is In the Air\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3579\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3579 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/trilogy-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/trilogy-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/trilogy-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/the-trilogy-complete\/\">The Trilogy Complete!<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/trilogy-scaled.jpg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"3579\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"trilogy\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/the-trilogy-complete\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Trilogy Complete!\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"tag\">News<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/the-trilogy-complete\/\" aria-label=\"The Trilogy Complete!\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/the-trilogy-complete\/\">The Trilogy Complete!<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> The third and final volume of The Sixty KIlo Saga is out in Iceland, titled Sixty Kilos of Sundays. It carries on and completes the saga of Gestur and the herring adventure in Segulfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur (Siglufj\u00f6r\u00f0ur), Iceland's northernmost and most isolated town. It takes us through events from 1918 to 1932, winding through the class <a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/the-trilogy-complete\/\"> [...]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/author\/adrianna\/\" title=\"Posts by Kolbr\u00fan Krist\u00edn Karlsd\u00f3ttir\" rel=\"author\">Kolbr\u00fan Krist\u00edn Karlsd\u00f3ttir<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-19T18:45:28+00:00<\/span><span>October 22nd, 2024<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/the-trilogy-complete\/\" aria-label=\"More on The Trilogy Complete!\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3576\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3576 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/havoc-scaled-e1773945727414-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/havoc-scaled-e1773945727414-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/havoc-scaled-e1773945727414-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/havoc-a-retrospective\/\">Havoc, a Retrospective<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/havoc-scaled-e1773945727414.jpg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"3576\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"havoc\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/havoc-a-retrospective\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHavoc, a Retrospective\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"tag\">News<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/havoc-a-retrospective\/\" aria-label=\"Havoc, a Retrospective\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/havoc-a-retrospective\/\">Havoc, a Retrospective<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> An overview of Hallgr\u00edmur Helgason's art career has opened in The Reykjavik Art Museum, Kjarvalssta\u00f0ir Branch. Curated by museum director \u00d3l\u00f6f Krist\u00edn Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir and art historian Ald\u00eds Snorrad\u00f3ttir, the exhibition showcases about 70 paintings from the start of Hallgr\u00edmur's career in 1985 until the present day, includi<a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/havoc-a-retrospective\/\"> [...]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/author\/adrianna\/\" title=\"Posts by Kolbr\u00fan Krist\u00edn Karlsd\u00f3ttir\" rel=\"author\">Kolbr\u00fan Krist\u00edn Karlsd\u00f3ttir<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-19T18:42:17+00:00<\/span><span>October 19th, 2024<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/havoc-a-retrospective\/\" aria-label=\"More on Havoc, a Retrospective\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3526\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3526 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4973-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4973-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4973-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/gruppeportraet-af-selvet\/\">Gruppeportr\u00e6t af selvet<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4973-scaled.jpg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"3526\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_4973\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/gruppeportraet-af-selvet\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGruppeportr\u00e6t af selvet\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"tag\">News<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/gruppeportraet-af-selvet\/\" aria-label=\"Gruppeportr\u00e6t af selvet\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/gruppeportraet-af-selvet\/\">Gruppeportr\u00e6t af selvet<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Hallgr\u00edmur Helgason opened an exhibition of paintings and works on paper at Nordatlantens Brygge in Copenhagen on February the 10th, 2024, the exhibition space in Christianshavn dedicated to the far north countries of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The title of the exhibit is \"Group Portrait of the Self\"; most o<a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/gruppeportraet-af-selvet\/\"> [...]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/author\/kristin\/\" title=\"Posts by Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir\" rel=\"author\">Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-11-05T10:29:51+00:00<\/span><span>February 10th, 2024<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/gruppeportraet-af-selvet\/\" aria-label=\"More on Gruppeportr\u00e6t af selvet\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3522\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3522 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSF7510-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSF7510-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSF7510-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/group-portraits-of-the-self\/\">Group Portraits of the Self<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSF7510-scaled.jpg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"3522\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"_DSF7510\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/group-portraits-of-the-self\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGroup Portraits of the Self\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"tag\">News<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/group-portraits-of-the-self\/\" aria-label=\"Group Portraits of the Self\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/group-portraits-of-the-self\/\">Group Portraits of the Self<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> On March 11th Hallgr\u00edmur Helgason opened his exhibition at Listamenn Gallery in Reykjavik, \"Group Portraits of the Self\", consisting of new paintings and drawings done in the years 2021 and\u00a02022. According to the artist all the works are self portraits, depicting groups of characters that live inside him. \"It's like a new <a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/group-portraits-of-the-self\/\"> [...]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/author\/kristin\/\" title=\"Posts by Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir\" rel=\"author\">Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-11-05T10:26:54+00:00<\/span><span>March 11th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/group-portraits-of-the-self\/\" aria-label=\"More on Group Portraits of the Self\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3402\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3402 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image_67184129-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image_67184129-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image_67184129-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/lecture-in-torshavn\/\">Lecture in T\u00f3rshavn<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image_67184129-scaled.jpg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"3402\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"image_67184129\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/lecture-in-torshavn\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLecture in T\u00f3rshavn\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"tag\">News<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/lecture-in-torshavn\/\" aria-label=\"Lecture in T\u00f3rshavn\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/lecture-in-torshavn\/\">Lecture in T\u00f3rshavn<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Hallgr\u00edmur Helgason participated in the conference \u201cIceland and the Faroe Islands seen from within and without -\u00a0cross-cultural\u00a0perspectives, 17th-21st\u00a0century\u201d\u00a0that was held in T\u00f3rshavn, Faroe Islands, on the 14th\u00a0and 15th\u00a0of June, 2022. Among participants were historians and professors from Iceland, Faroe Islands, Denmar<a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/lecture-in-torshavn\/\"> [...]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/author\/kristin\/\" title=\"Posts by Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir\" rel=\"author\">Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-03-16T12:55:43+00:00<\/span><span>June 15th, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/lecture-in-torshavn\/\" aria-label=\"More on Lecture in T\u00f3rshavn\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3399\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3399 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/icelandic-literary-prize-320x202.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/icelandic-literary-prize\/\">The Icelandic Literary Prize!<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/icelandic-literary-prize.jpeg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"3399\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"icelandic-literary-prize\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/icelandic-literary-prize\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Icelandic Literary Prize!\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"tag\">News<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/icelandic-literary-prize\/\" aria-label=\"The Icelandic Literary Prize!\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/icelandic-literary-prize\/\">The Icelandic Literary Prize!<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Hallgr\u00edmur Helgason has won the Icelandic Literary Prize in fiction for his novel \u201cSixty Kilos of Knockouts\u201d, the second volume in his Sixty Kilo-series. He also won the same prize for the first volume back in 2018, Sixty Kilos of Sunshine. This then is the third time Hallgr\u00edmur wins the prize, he also won in 2001, for his<a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/icelandic-literary-prize\/\"> [...]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/author\/kristin\/\" title=\"Posts by Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir\" rel=\"author\">Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-01-06T14:29:20+00:00<\/span><span>January 25th, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/icelandic-literary-prize\/\" aria-label=\"More on The Icelandic Literary Prize!\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3396\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3396 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211221-134621-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211221-134621-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211221-134621-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/will-christmas-come\/\">Will Christmas Come?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211221-134621-scaled.jpg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"3396\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"20211221-134621\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/will-christmas-come\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWill Christmas Come?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"tag\">News<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/will-christmas-come\/\" aria-label=\"Will Christmas Come?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/will-christmas-come\/\">Will Christmas Come?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> In collaboration with author\/illustrator R\u00e1n Flygenring, Hallgr\u00edmur Helgason has published a children\u2019s Christmas poetry book that plays on the local classic \u201cJ\u00f3lin koma\u201d (Christmas Are Coming) by renown poet J\u00f3hannes \u00far K\u00f6tlum, a book that was originally published in Iceland in 1932. It tells the stories of the thirteen Y<a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/will-christmas-come\/\"> [...]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/author\/kristin\/\" title=\"Posts by Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir\" rel=\"author\">Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-03-16T13:01:24+00:00<\/span><span>December 11th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/will-christmas-come\/\" aria-label=\"More on Will Christmas Come?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3393\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3393 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20211022_125249-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20211022_125249-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20211022_125249-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/sixty-kilos-knockouts\/\">Sixty Kilos of Knockouts!<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20211022_125249-scaled.jpg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"3393\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"20211022_125249\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/sixty-kilos-knockouts\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSixty Kilos of Knockouts!\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"tag\">News<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/sixty-kilos-knockouts\/\" aria-label=\"Sixty Kilos of Knockouts!\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallgrimurhelgason.com\/sixty-kilos-knockouts\/\">Sixty Kilos of Knockouts!<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Hallgr\u00edmur Helgason\u2019s sequel to his award winning 2018 novel, Sixty Kilos of Sunshine, has just been published. The title is Sixty Kilos of Knockouts. It carries on with the saga of Gestur and his people in Segulfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Fjord, in the north of Iceland, at the turn of the twentieth century. 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