Jón Sveinsson

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Jón "Nonni" Stefán Sveinsson (16 November 1857, near Akureyri - 16 October 1944, Cologne) 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

Bibliography

Titles are currently listed in German.

Nonni ISBN 3-423-70044-0
Nonni und Manni ISBN 3-932426-25-8
Sonnentage
Die Stadt am Sund ISBN 3-451-19722-7
Abenteuer auf den Inseln
Auf Skipalon
Nonni erzählt
Zwischen Eis und Feuer
Wie Nonni das Glück fand ISBN 3-932426-26-6
Aus Island. Erlebnisse und Erinnerungen. Freiburg, Herder 1913
Die Feuerinsel im Nordmeer
Nonnis Reise um die Welt Band 1: Nonni in Amerika Band 2: Nonni in Japan

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 64145587 LCCN: n94098327 GND: 107558599 BNF: cb13180319n

Persondata
Name	Sveinsson, Jon
Alternative names
Short description	Icelandic writer
Date of birth	16 November 1857
Place of birth
Date of death	16 October 1944
Place of death

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