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Title: Nyjar Hugvekjur til Kvoldlestra fra Veturnottum til Landafistu Eptir Ymsa Hofunda Danska of Norska - New Devotional Readings for Evening Prayers from Winter Nights to Lent, by Various Authors, Danish and Norwegian. Editor/Compiler: Sveinbjorn Hallgrimsson (1815- 1863) who was the editor of the newspaper, Pjooolfur from 1848- 1852 and of Ingolfur from 1853- 1855, he also wrote textbooks and other devotional readings. He was a sitting member of the Alpingi (Icelandic Parliament). The book was printed in Reykjavik at the Iceland Printing House by Einar Pordarson, 1852. The book is organized into 90 devotional meditations and sermons.
Signed by Sveinn Kristofferson (June 5, 1844 - July 13, 1911) he was a farmer at Enni, Iceland in the Hoskuldsstaoarsokn parish, in what is now Austur-Hunavatnssysla, northwest Iceland. He was recorded there on the 1870 census as a farmer. His father was Kristofer Sveinsson (Feb 5, 1815 - November 28, 1873), who was also a farmer at Enni.
Sveinn married Helga Porleifsdotter (July 15, 1847 - November 16, 1918), she is recorded at Enni on the 1870 census as a housewife. Their daughter was Ragnheidur Ingibjorg Sveinsdotter (November 12, 1871 - October 1, 1927), referred to as Ingibjorg, she was a husfreyja (housewife - Lady of the Home) at Enni (recorded 1901) and later at Blonduos. She married Jon Helgason (May 23, 1863 - May 20, 1940) on February 27, 1896 - he worked as a farmer and later as a laborer at Blonduos.
Sveinn and Helga also had a son, Poleifur Kristinn Sveinsson (Oct 12, 1869 - August 11, 1921) who was also a farmer in Enni. In 1904 he emigrated to Manitoba, Canada and settled there as a farmer. Two of his children emigrated with them - Helga (born 1900) and Eggertina (born 1896).
Enni was a small farm town on Iceland’s west coast where sheep and dairy farming were prevalent with fishing as a secondary livelihood. Blondous was the nearest trading village. In 1875 Askja erupted and quite a few Icelanders moved to North America, Recurring livestock plagues and brutal winters led to famine with approximately 9000 Icelanders leaving for North America in the 1880s.
The book measures 7x4 and is 272 pages long with original leather covers. Some rubbing and shelf wear to the cover and damp staining on the first few pages of the inside text. Toning and foxing throughout, the former owner\'s signature (biography above) is on the title page. There is gutter exposure and a loose binding - all pages are present and intact.
