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- Gunnar Karlsson studied history at Háskóli Íslands, the University of Iceland. He completed his studies in 1970 and received his doctorate there in 1978.
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Gunnar Karlsson studied history at Háskóli Íslands, the University of Iceland. He completed his studies in 1970 and received his doctorate there in 1978. From 1974 to 1976 he taught at University College London, and after 1976 at Háskóli Íslands, where he was appointed professor in 1980. [1]
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...
- Páll Björnsson
- 2003
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.
BIOGRAPHY. Professor of History, University of Iceland, Reykjavík. Author of Sjálfstædi íslendinga. Primary Contributions (1) Iceland, island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean. Lying on the constantly active geologic border between North America and Europe, Iceland is a land of vivid contrasts of climate, geography, and culture.
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...
- Gunnar Karlsson
- U of Minnesota Press, 2000
- illustrated
Apr 15, 2000 · 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 country's premier historian, chronicles the age of the Sagas, consulting them to describe an era without a monarch or central authority.
Jul 2, 2020 · 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 well as on the margin of reaching the...
