Páll Ólafsson (poet)

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Páll Ólafsson (1827–1905) was an Icelandic poet[1] and one of the most popular poets of the nation of the 19th century, known for poems about love and about horses.

Many of his poems were made into popular song, such as Lóan er komin[2] and Ó blessuð vertu sumarsól.

References

  1. ^ Bandle, Oskar; Braunmuller, Kurt; Elmevik, Lennart; Jahr, Ernst Hakon; Widmark, Gun; Karker, Allan; Naumann, Hans-Peter; Teleman, Ulf (2002). The Nordic Languages: An International Handbook of the History of the North Germanic Languages. ISBN 9783110171495.
  2. ^ "Lóan er komin". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2020-02-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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