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'''Guðrún Björnsdóttir''' was an Icelandic politician and [[women's rights]] [[Activism|activist.]] She was a founder of the [[Icelandic Women's Rights Association]].
'''Guðrún Björnsdóttir''' (27 November 1853 – 11 September 1936) was an Icelandic politician and [[women's rights]] [[Activism|activist]]. She was a founder of the [[Icelandic Women's Rights Association]] and one of the first female members of the [[Reykjavík City Council]].


== Early life and family ==
== Early life and family ==
Guðrún Björnsdóttir was born at Eyjólfsstaðir on 27 November 1853 where she lived until the age of 10 when her father died.<ref name="kvennasogusafn.is">{{cite web |url=https://kvennasogusafn.is/index.php?page=gudrun-bjoernsdottir |title=Guðrún Björnsdóttir |website=Kvennasögusafn Íslands |access-date=2019-07-10 |language=is}}</ref><ref name="Morgunblaðið">{{cite news |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=1231771 |title=Minningarorð um frú Guðrúnu Björnsdóttur. |date=18 September 1936 |work=[[Morgunblaðið]] |access-date=10 July 2019 |page=7 |language=is}}</ref><ref name="Óðinn">{{cite journal |date=1 May 1908 |editor-last=Gíslason |editor-first=Þorsteinn |title=Konur i bæjarstjórn Reykjavikur |trans-title=Women in Reykjavik City Council |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=2290672 |journal=Óðinn |location=Reykjavík |publisher=Prentsmiðjan Gutenberg |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=13 |access-date=2019-07-10 |via=timarit.is |language=is}}</ref> She was then sent to [[Eskifjörður]] for [[foster care]], but soon moved to [[Langanes]] to live with her uncle.<ref name="kvennasogusafn.is" /><ref name="Óðinn" /> For a brief period she lived in [[Copenhagen]], but after a while returned to her relatives in Langanes.<ref name="kvennasogusafn.is" />
Guðrún Björnsdóttir was born at [[Eyjólfsstaðir]] plains in [[1853]]. At the age of 10, her father left her while she was still growing up.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://kvennasogusafn.is/index.php?page=gudrun-bjoernsdottir|title=Kvennasögusafn Íslands - Guðrún Björnsdóttir|website=kvennasogusafn.is|access-date=2019-07-10}}</ref>


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In 1884, she married pastor Lárus Jóhannesson, and in [[Sauðanes]] they raised four daughters.<ref name="kvennasogusafn.is" /><ref name="Morgunblaðið" /> After only four years of marriage, Guðrún's husband died.<ref name="kvennasogusafn.is" /><ref name="Óðinn" /> One of her daughters would go on to die in the [[Spanish flu]].<ref name="Morgunblaðið" />
She was then sent to [[Eskifjörður]] for [[foster care]], but she was soon moved to [[Langanes]] to live with her uncle.<ref name=":0" /> For a brief period she lived in [[Copenhagen]], but after awhile returned to her relatives in Langanes.<ref name=":0" />


Guðrún stayed with her brother in [[Norður-Þingeyjarsýsla]] until she moved with her daughters to [[Reykjavík]] in 1900 where she became a milk vendor.<ref name="kvennasogusafn.is" /><ref name="bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.konurogstjornmal.is/gudrun-bjornsdottir/ |title=Guðrún Björnsdóttir |website=Konur og stjórnmál |access-date=2019-07-10 |language=en}}</ref> She also began writing articles in the papers about milk sales and personal hygiene.<ref name="bio" /><ref name="Óðinn" />
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In 1884, she married Lárus Jóhannesson, and in [[Sauðanes]] they raised four daughters.<ref name=":0" /> After only four years of marriage, Guðrún's husband died, and she became a [[widow]].<ref name=":0" />


== Political career ==
Until she moved with her daughters to [[Reykjavík]] in 1900, Guðrún was staying with her brother in [[Norður-Þingeyjarsýsla]].<ref name=":0" /> There, in Reykjavík, she sold milk to support her family.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.konurogstjornmal.is/gudrun-bjornsdottir/|title=Guðrún Björnsdóttir|website=Konur og stjórnmál|language=en|access-date=2019-07-10}}</ref>
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Guðrún was prominent in the local women's rights movement in the early 20th century and was a founder of the [[Icelandic Women's Rights Association]]. She was one of the first women elected to the [[Reykjavík City Council]].<ref name="Auður">{{cite news |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=4179612 |title=Vel byrjar það! |author=Auður Styrkársdóttir |date=2 February 2008 |work=Lesbók Morgunblaðsins |access-date=6 August 2019 |issn=1670-3898 |id=Gegnir: [//leitir.is/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=GEGNIR&docId=ICE01_PRIMO000447333 000447333] |via=timarit.is |page=2 |language=is}}</ref><ref name="Atburðir">{{cite web |url=http://www.konurogstjornmal.is/atburdir/#atburdur/kosningarnar-1908 |title=Atburðir |website=Konur og stjórnmál |access-date=2019-07-10 |language=en}}</ref> Alongside her in City Council were three other newly elected women; [[Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir]], [[Þórunn Jónassen]], and [[Katrín Magnússon]].<ref name="Auður" /><ref name="Atburðir" />


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Guðrún sat in the town council in 1908 to 1914,<ref name="kvennasogusafn.is" /><ref name="bio" /> focused on health and educational issues.<ref name="Morgunblaðið" /> In particular, she promoted women's education and their right to hold office. She helped towards establishing a Women's Student Scholarship Fund.<ref name="Morgunblaðið" />
She also began writing articles in the papers about milk sales and personal hygiene.<ref name=":1" />
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== Death and legacy ==
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Guðrún died in Reykjavík on 11 September 1936.<ref name="Morgunblaðið" /> A memorial about her, which appeared in ''[[Morgunblaðið]]'' on 18 September 1936, wrote about her:


{{Quote|The death of Mrs. Guðrún marks the passing of a woman who was an old style grand lady and an early pioneer for the new women rights for the country.<ref name="Morgunblaðið" />{{efn|Icelandic ''Með frú Guðrúnu er fallin í valinn kona, sem var í senn stórbrotin kona í gömlum stíl og ein af brautreyðjendum hinna nýju kvenrjettinda í landinu''.}}}}
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Guðrún was an early advocate for women's rights in the 20th century and was a founder of the [[Icelandic Women's Rights Association]]. She was among the first women elected to [[Reykjavík City Council]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=4179612|title=Timarit.is|last=Háskólabókasafn|first=Landsbókasafn Íslands-|website=timarit.is|language=is|access-date=2019-07-10}}</ref> in what was said to be one of the first organized electoral campaigns in Iceland.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.konurogstjornmal.is/atburdir/#atburdur/kosningarnar-1908|title=Atburðir|website=Konur og stjórnmál|language=en|access-date=2019-07-10}}</ref> Alongside her in City Council were {{Interlanguage link|Kvennaframboð í Reykjavík 1908-1916|lt=three other newly elected women|is|1908–1916 Reykjavík Women's list|WD=}}; [[Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir]], [[Þórunn Jónassen]], and [[Katrín Magnússon]].


In November 2010, the Reykjavík City Council announced that a street in the city, would be renamed Guðrúnartún in honor of Guðrún Björnsdóttir.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.pressan.is/Frettir/LesaFrett/kvenskorungarnir-fa-nofnin-sin-a-goturnar-thratt-fyrir-hord-motmaeli-ibua-og-fyrirtaekja |title=Kvenskörungarnir fá nöfnin sín á göturnar þrátt fyrir hörð mótmæli íbúa og fyrirtækja |date=26 November 2010 |work=Pressan |access-date=10 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126081448/http://www.pressan.is/Frettir/LesaFrett/kvenskorungarnir-fa-nofnin-sin-a-goturnar-thratt-fyrir-hord-motmaeli-ibua-og-fyrirtaekja |archive-date=26 November 2010 |url-status=dead |language=is}}</ref>
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Guðrún sat in the town council in 1908 to 1914. While in office she mainly focused on health and educational issues. In particular, she sought gender equality by promoting women's education. Guðrún helped to see the establishment of a Women's Student Scholarship Fund.


== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
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On November 2010, the Reykjavík City Council announced [[Sætún]] would be renamed Guðrúnartún in honor of Guðrún Björnsdóttir.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reykjavik.is/frettir/brietartun-katrinartun-gudrunartun-og-thorunnartun-eru-ny-gotuheiti-i-reykjavik|title=Bríetartún, Katrínartún, Guðrúnartún og Þórunnartún eru ný götuheiti í Reykjavík _ Reykjavíkurborg|last=|first=|date=|website=reykjavik.is|language=is|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>[http://www.pressan.is/Frettir/LesaFrett/kvenskorungarnir-fa-nofnin-sin-a-goturnar-thratt-fyrir-hord-motmaeli-ibua-og-fyrirtaekja Frétt Pressunnar af ákvörðun Skipulagsráðs], sótt 23. nóvember 2010.</ref>
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== References ==
A memorial about her, which appeared in [[Morgunblaðið|Morgunbladid]] on September 18, 1936, wrote about her:<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=1231771|title=Minningarorð um frú Guðrúnu Björnsdóttur.|last=|first=|date=18 September 1936|work=''[[Morgunblaðið]]''|access-date=10 July 2019|page=7|language=is}}</ref>
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{{Authority control}}
With Mrs. Guðrún, she fell into being a chosen woman, who was at once both magnificent in an old style and one of the early pioneers of the new women rights for the country.<ref name=":3" />


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==References==
[[Category:1853 births]]
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[[Category:1936 deaths]]

[[:Category:Icelandic women]]
[[Category:Politicians from Reykjavík]]
[[:Category:Icelandic politicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Icelandic women politicians]]
[[Category:Icelandic women in politics]]
[[Category:Icelandic suffragists]]

Latest revision as of 17:08, 3 July 2024

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Guðrún.

Guðrún Björnsdóttir
Member of the Reykjavík City Council
In office
1908–1914
Personal details
Born(1853-11-27)27 November 1853
Eyjólfsstaðir, Iceland
Died11 September 1936(1936-09-11) (aged 82)
Reykjavík, Iceland

Guðrún Björnsdóttir (27 November 1853 – 11 September 1936) was an Icelandic politician and women's rights activist. She was a founder of the Icelandic Women's Rights Association and one of the first female members of the Reykjavík City Council.

Early life and family

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Guðrún Björnsdóttir was born at Eyjólfsstaðir on 27 November 1853 where she lived until the age of 10 when her father died.[1][2][3] She was then sent to Eskifjörður for foster care, but soon moved to Langanes to live with her uncle.[1][3] For a brief period she lived in Copenhagen, but after a while returned to her relatives in Langanes.[1]

In 1884, she married pastor Lárus Jóhannesson, and in Sauðanes they raised four daughters.[1][2] After only four years of marriage, Guðrún's husband died.[1][3] One of her daughters would go on to die in the Spanish flu.[2]

Guðrún stayed with her brother in Norður-Þingeyjarsýsla until she moved with her daughters to Reykjavík in 1900 where she became a milk vendor.[1][4] She also began writing articles in the papers about milk sales and personal hygiene.[4][3]

Political career

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Guðrún was prominent in the local women's rights movement in the early 20th century and was a founder of the Icelandic Women's Rights Association. She was one of the first women elected to the Reykjavík City Council.[5][6] Alongside her in City Council were three other newly elected women; Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir, Þórunn Jónassen, and Katrín Magnússon.[5][6]

Guðrún sat in the town council in 1908 to 1914,[1][4] focused on health and educational issues.[2] In particular, she promoted women's education and their right to hold office. She helped towards establishing a Women's Student Scholarship Fund.[2]

Death and legacy

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Guðrún died in Reykjavík on 11 September 1936.[2] A memorial about her, which appeared in Morgunblaðið on 18 September 1936, wrote about her:

The death of Mrs. Guðrún marks the passing of a woman who was an old style grand lady and an early pioneer for the new women rights for the country.[2][a]

In November 2010, the Reykjavík City Council announced that a street in the city, would be renamed Guðrúnartún in honor of Guðrún Björnsdóttir.[7]

Notes

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  1. ^ Icelandic Með frú Guðrúnu er fallin í valinn kona, sem var í senn stórbrotin kona í gömlum stíl og ein af brautreyðjendum hinna nýju kvenrjettinda í landinu.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Guðrún Björnsdóttir". Kvennasögusafn Íslands (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Minningarorð um frú Guðrúnu Björnsdóttur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 18 September 1936. p. 7. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d Gíslason, Þorsteinn, ed. (1 May 1908). "Konur i bæjarstjórn Reykjavikur" [Women in Reykjavik City Council]. Óðinn (in Icelandic). 4 (2). Reykjavík: Prentsmiðjan Gutenberg: 13. Retrieved 10 July 2019 – via timarit.is.
  4. ^ a b c "Guðrún Björnsdóttir". Konur og stjórnmál. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  5. ^ a b Auður Styrkársdóttir (2 February 2008). "Vel byrjar það!". Lesbók Morgunblaðsins (in Icelandic). p. 2. ISSN 1670-3898. Gegnir: 000447333. Retrieved 6 August 2019 – via timarit.is.
  6. ^ a b "Atburðir". Konur og stjórnmál. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Kvenskörungarnir fá nöfnin sín á göturnar þrátt fyrir hörð mótmæli íbúa og fyrirtækja". Pressan (in Icelandic). 26 November 2010. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
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