Rauðisandur
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Rauðisandur is a coastal area in Westfjords, Iceland. Historically it was located in the historic Vestur-Barðastrandarsýsla county.[1]
Sjöundá murder
[edit]Sjöundá is a secluded deserted farm, at the easternmost point of Rauðasandur.[2] In 1802 the farm was the location of a murder, when a man and a woman were murdered by Bjarni Bjarnason and Steinunn Sveinsdóttir.[3] In 1803 King Christian VII sentenced the pair to death, with the execution taking place in 1805.[4]
The author Gunnar Gunnarsson wrote a novel about the events in 1929 called Svartfugl.[5] A play based on the book was staged in the National Theatre of Iceland in 1971.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rauðasandur Beach & Sjöundá in the Westfjords of Iceland - Red Sands & a Crime Scene". Guide to Iceland. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ Brunsdale, Mitzi M. (2016-04-27). Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2277-4.
- ^ "100 people revisit an old historical murder". Iceland Monitor. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ "From Iceland — This Day In Icelandic History: Murder Duo Bjarni And Steinunn Get Sentenced To Death". The Reykjavik Grapevine. 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ Gunnarsson, Gunnar (1949). Svartfugl (in Icelandic). Útgáfufélagið Landnáma.
- ^ "Unesco City of Literature" (PDF).
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