Matthías Jochumsson

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

Matthías Jochumsson (11 November 1835 – 18 November 1920) was an Icelandic Lutheran clergyman, poet, playwright, translator and a social reformer. He was a giant in Icelandic cultural life in the decades around 1900. He is best known for his lyrical poetry and for writing the national anthem of Iceland, "Lofsöngur", in 1874. Matthías was along with writer Torfhildur Hólm the first of Icelandic writers to receice artist salary from the Parlament in 1891.

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