Tómas Sæmundsson

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Tómas Sæmundsson
Portrait engraving of Tómas Sæmundsson
Born	June 7, 1807 (1807-06-07)
Died	May 17, 1841 (1841-05-18) (aged 33)
Occupation	Icelandic priest, author and nationalist

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

Tómas Sæmundsson (Jun 7 1807 – May 17, 1841) was an Icelandic priest, and one of the Fjölnismenn, a group of Icelandic intellectuals who spearheaded the revival of Icelandic national consciousness and gave rise to the Icelandic Independence Movement.

Tómas travelled around Europe in the years 1832–1834 and was pastor in Breiðabólsstaður in Fljótshlíð from 1835. Amongst other things, Tómas wrote the 5th annual issue of the journal Fjölnir.

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v t e Fjölnismenn

Fjölnir Jónas Hallgrímsson Konráð Gíslason Tómas Sæmundsson Brynjólfur Pétursson

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Name	Sæmundsson, Tómas
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Short description	Icelandic priest, author and nationalist
Date of birth	June 7, 1807
Place of birth
Date of death	May 17, 1841
Place of death

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