…briefly edited a Reykjavík newspaper, Dagskrá (1896–98), advocating the cause of Icelandic independence. Much of his life was spent abroad, raising capital to develop Icelandic industries. His five volumes of Symbolist verse—Sögur og kvaedi (1897; “Stories and Poems”), Hafblik (1906; “Smooth Seas”), Hrannir (1913; “Waves”), Vogar (1921; “Billows”),
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