ÃÂlafur DavÃÂðsson (26 January 1862 â 6 September 1903), was an Icelandic natural scientist, ethnographer and folklore collector.
Biography
ÃÂlafur DavÃÂðsson was born on 26 January 1862 at Fell in SléttuhlÃÂð. He was a student at The Learned School in ReykjavÃÂk from 1874 to 1882 and kept a diary of his last year of study there.
ÃÂlafur studied natural sciences at the University of Copenhagen but then immediately turned to ethnology, working at the Arnamagnæan Institute.
In 1897, ÃÂlafur returned to Iceland and was a part-time teacher at Möðruvellir in Hörgárdal, where he also engaged in folklore collecting and other scholarly work. ÃÂlafur drowned in Hörgá, single and childless, on 6 September 1903.
Works
- ÃÂslenskar gátur, skemtanir, vikivakar og þulur: safnað hafa J. ÃÂrnason og ÃÂ. DavÃÂðsson ("Icelandic Riddles, Entertainment, Weekends and Rhymes: collected by J Arnason and O. Davidsson"), 1âÂÂ4, Kaupmannahöfn, Bókmenntafélagið, 1887-1903
- Galdur og galdramál á ÃÂslandi ("Magic and Sorcery in Iceland"), 1âÂÂ3, ReykjavÃÂk, Sögufélag, 1941-1943
- ÃÂg læt allt fjúka: sendibréf og dagbókarbrot frá skólaárunum ("I let Everything Blow: Letters and Diary Extracts from the School Years"), ReykjavÃÂk, ÃÂsafoldarprentsmiðja, 1955
- ÃÂslenskar þjóðsögur, 1âÂÂ4, ReykjavÃÂk, ÃÂjóðsaga, 1978-1980
- Hundakæti: Dagbækur ÃÂlafs DavÃÂðssonar 1881-1884. ("Hundakaeti: the Diaries of Olaf Davidsson, 1881-1884"). ReykjavÃÂk, Mál & menning, 2018
References
External links
- GrÃÂmseyjarför, comedy letter by Olafur Davidsson written 8.8.1898, published in Lesbók Morgunblaðsins, 23rd Issue, (08.06.1941), p. 193