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Icelandic Literary Society

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and Árni Helgason. Its stated purpose was "to support and maintain the Icelandic language and literature, and the civilization and honor of the Icelandic nation, by the publication of books or by other means as circumstances would permit." The first meeting of the
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Rask was the first president of the Copenhagen branch; the first president of the Reykjavík branch (until 1848) was Árni Helgason.
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The society's bicentenary was celebrated in 2016 with an exhibition at the
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branch was held on 13 April 1816, and the first meeting of the
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The Periodical Literature of Iceland Down to the Year 1874,
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series (publications of the Old Icelandic Text Society).
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which was initiated by the society's then president,
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Index

Skírnir (journal)
Icelandic
Icelandic language
Icelandic independence movement
Rasmus Rask
Copenhagen
Reykjavík
Jón Sigurðsson
Björn M. Ólsen
Sturlunga saga
Sigurður Líndal
is
Þorsteinn Gylfason
Rainer Maria Rilke
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
Íslenzk fornrit
National Library


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1252180620
"Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag 200 ára: Sýning í Þjóðarbókhlöðu, opnuð 12. maí 2016"
"Fimmtug og áhrifamikil Lærdómsrit"
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Official website
Categories
Cultural organizations based in Iceland
Learned societies of Iceland
Organizations established in 1816

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