Jón Sveinsson
Deceased Person
1857 – 1944
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Who was Jón Sveinsson?
Jón "Nonni" Stefán Sveinsson was an Icelandic children's writer and member of the Society of Jesus.
He left Iceland in 1870 for France, where he converted to Catholicism. His children's stories concerning a character named Nonni are well known in Iceland and parts of Europe. His childhood home in Akureyri is now a museum and he has featured on postage stamps. Sveinsson's stories of growing up with his brother Ármann, nicknamed "Manni", were adapted into the television series Nonni and Manni
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- Born
- Nov 16, 1857
Akureyri - Also known as
- Jon Sveinsson
- Nationality
- Iceland
- Died
- Oct 16, 1944
Cologne
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on July 23, 2013
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