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Icelandic National Cemetery
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Willem VS
May 28, 2024
Hiking
Opposite the church is a national cemetery. For example, the famous poets Einar Benediktsson (1864 - 1940) and Jonás Hallgrímsson (1807 - 1845) are buried here. Although, the latter is not there at all! In 1946, the wrong body was mistakenly sent from a cemetery in Copenhagen to Iceland for reburial. In reality, Jonás Hallgrímsson's grave contains an unknown Danish baker. And then that poor baker is not even lying there quietly, because a nude report was shot on the grave and a helicopter pilot once mistook it for a heliport.
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Sasha Taylor
April 23, 2023
Hiking
To the east of the church is the Icelandic National Cemetery. It was designed by Guðjón Samúelsson and constructed in 1940. Here rest the national poets Einar Benediktsson (1864-1940) and Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807-1845).
Source: Local signage
Source: Local signage
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