Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson

Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson (28 June 1955 – 21 November 2008) was a Norwegian poet, children's writer and translator, born in Iceland.

He made his literary debut in 1973 with the poetry collection Manus. Among his children's books are Pelle Parafins Bøljeband: Serum, serum (1981) and Håkon Håkonsson (1990).^[1] He died in November 2008.^[2]

Bibliography

• Manus (1973) (poetry)
• Høstbok (1976) (poetry)
• Historier i oktober (1979) (poetry)
• Fartøy (1999) (poetry)
• Det spesielle grep om fjærpennen (2007) (texts by Olav Angell; edited by Jónsson)

References

1. Larsen, Dag (2007). "Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson". In Henriksen, Petter. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
2. Steinkjer, Mode (26 November 2008). "Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson 1955 – 2008". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 April 2009.