Axel Sveinsson

Axel Sveinsson
Born (1896-04-03)April 3, 1896
Bergsholti in Staðarveit, Snaefellsnessyslu
Died August 12, 1957(1957-08-12) (aged 61)
Nationality Icelandic
Fields Civil Engineer
Known for Lighthouse Designs
Influences Guðjón Samúelsson
Spouses Aðalbjorg Sigurbjornsdottir
Guðrun Olafia Sigurðardottir
Oddny Lára Emilia Petursdóttir
This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Axel.

Axel Sveinsson (3 April 1896 - 12 August 1957)[1] was a civil engineer, having received his engineering degree in Copenhagen in 1927.[2] He is noted for having designed several remarkable lighthouses in Iceland;[3][4] these include the lighthouses at Hólmsbergsviti,[3] Gardskagi,[5] Þrídrangaviti[6] and Knarraros.[7] A postage stamp depicting the Vattarnes lighthouse at Reyðarfjörður, which was designed by Axel, was issued in 2013.[8]

Axel was born in Bergsholti in Staðarveit, Snaefellsnessyslu to Sveinn Bjarnason and Sigriður Magnusdóttir. He was married three times, first to Aðalbjorg Sigurbjornsdottir, daughter of Sigurbjorn Bjornsson and Margret Sigurðardottir, next to Guðrun Olafia Sigurðardottir, daughter of Sigurður Olafsson and Solveig Unadottir, and finally on 24 Feb 1945 to Oddny Lára Emilia Petursdóttir, daughter of Pétur Þorsteinsson and Hlif Bogadóttir Smith.

Axel and Aðalbjorg had one son, Hulda Sveinsson. Axel and Guðrun had one daughter, Solveig Axelsdottir. Axel and Oddny had one daughter Hlif Borghildur Axelsdottir, and two sons Bjarni Magnus Axelsson and Hallgrimur Axelsson.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Information about Axel Sveinsson Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  2. ↑ Obituary Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  3. 1 2 View Attraction - Hólmsbergsviti Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  4. ↑ AFREKSVERK FRÁ LIÐINNI ÖLD Retrieved 2102-06-21
  5. ↑ Visit Iceland Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  6. ↑ Þrídrangaviti - Heimaslod Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  7. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Northern Iceland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  8. ↑ Iceland – Lighthouses III Retrieved 2014-07-10.


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