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Gunnar Karlsson (September 26, 1939 in Efstadal í Laugardal, † October 28, 2019 in Reykjavík) was an Icelandic historian. Gunnar shaped methodological teaching at the University of Iceland when he started working there in the seventies and wrote a number of textbooks in history for all school levels as well as other publications.
Gunnar Karlsson specializes in the history of his native Iceland. Among his publications available in English translation is The History of Iceland, a "welcome addition," as well as a work that "does honor to both its author and its subject," according to Jenny Jochens in Scandinavian Studies.
Jun 8, 2010 · Gunnar Karlsson is a renowned professor of history at the University of Iceland. Over the past two decades he has written a number of textbooks in Icelandic for primary and secondary schools and he...
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Nov 1, 2010 · This book gives a clear, concise and vivid overview of Icelandic history through these centuries, showcasing the main events, the people and their way of life, in both times of glory and times of degradation and natural disaster. English translation by Anna Yates. Read more.
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Jul 2, 2020 · Iceland's 1100 Years: History of a Marginal Society. Gunnar Karlsson. Hurst, Jul 2, 2020 - History - 540 pages. Iceland's 1100 Years recounts the history of a society on the margin of Europe as...
Apr 15, 2000 · Gunnar Karlsson, that country's premier historian, chronicles the age of the Sagas, consulting them to describe an era without a monarch or central authority.
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Iceland is unique among European societies in having been founded as late as the Viking Age and in having copious written and archaeological sources about its origin. Gunnar Karlsson, that...
