Talk:Sveinn Björnsson

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what does he have to do with the seigneurs of Sark. Also, was he the first president? Danny

"[ˈsveitn̪ ˈpjɶsːɔn]" Really [ɶ] rather than [œ]? Rhyolite 23:46, 29 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Whoops. Haukur 00:02, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Unreferenced comment about his son
I've moved the following from the article space:

"His son served in the German army as a part of Schutzstaffel in WW2."

Please provide a reference before inserting this again. Thanks. Valentinian (talk) 20:40, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * If somebody digs up a source for this with accurate details, do you think it is interesting enough to mention? Stefán Ingi 21:52, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * This is a good source although biased presumably, it's the biography of Björn. Of course it is in Icelandic and somebody would have to read it... The author has a blog if anybody is interested. :) Stefán Ingi 00:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Here is a bit of a summary of his involvement, towards the bottom of the page (in Icelandic of course). It is focused on his involvement in broadcasting German news to Iceland. It ends with the paragraph "Frá höfuðstöðvum SS í Berlín barst nú skipun um að Björn Sv. Björnsson skyli taka þátt í undirbúningsnámskeiði fyrir germönsk SS-foringjaefni í Bad Tölz í Þýskalandi frá 1. október til 15. desember 1942." From the Headquarters of SS in Berlin there came the order that Björn should take part in a preparation course for germanic SS-leader-candidates (very rough translation here :)) in Bad Tölz in Germany from October 1 to October 15 1942. Stefán Ingi 00:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 15:53, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[dubious — discuss]
Wasn't he president from 17 June, rather than July? Monarchy was abolished in June. The 17th of June. MrGulli (talk) 19:04, 23 January 2010 (UTC) You are right, it was june... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.144.83.36 (talk) 02:54, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

"Sveinn" or "Björnsson"?
What should this man be called? The hatnote proclaims that he should be called Sveinn, but his son and grandson use Björnsson as a family name. So should he be Sveinn (the Icelandic way) or Björnsson (the current article's way)? What do Icelandic sources call him? What do English sources call him? Does WP:ICELAND have a standard for this kind of thing? 76.19.217.166 (talk) 19:29, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
 * "Sveinn" would be the correct way to call him. "Björnsson" is not an family name, but an patronymic.--Snaevar (talk) 16:13, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
 * In this case its complicated by his marriage to a Dane, who took his patronymic as her surname (she was born Hansen) when they married. The children were then both given a patronymic and Björnsson as a family name. The adoption of new family names was still legal in Iceland at the time. Its clear that Björnsson became the family name and was used by his descendents. As seen in this memorial for his daughter http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/264829/ But for Sveinn Björnsson was both his patronymic and his surname.--Batmacumba (talk) 18:01, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Proposed merge from election articles
I propose merging the following articles into this article: They are one-sentence stubs which are unlikely to be expanded, and there seems to be no point to their existence. The information they contain belongs here. Richard75 (talk) 16:44, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Icelandic presidential election, 1944
 * Icelandic presidential election, 1945
 * Icelandic presidential election, 1949
 * Disagree with merge. The scope of the election articles and this article is not the same.--Snaevar (talk) 16:13, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
 * No. People visit this page to get information on the election and its process. The person chosen is not a process. It would also be weird to click the year in the elections template and get an article on a person (who might be unknown to the reader and therefore confusing).Brilliantwiki2 (talk) 13:48, 23 April 2016 (UTC)
 * The articles could be expanded with the circumstances leading to the uncontested elections, so I disagree that they are unlikely to be expanded. And they should be kept for the reasons given above.--Batmacumba (talk) 22:43, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge 1944 and 1945. Mannanan51 (talk) 15:23, 27 June 2016 (UTC)