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Jón Helgason

Icelandic writer (1899–1986)
Person human Q984003

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
June 30, 1899
Date of death
January 19, 1986
Place of birth
Reykholt
Place of death
Copenhagen
Country of citizenship
Iceland[10]
Occupation
poet, philologist, writer, linguist, literary scholar
Employer
University of Copenhagen[13]
Field of work
philology, poetry[11][12]
Educated at
University of Copenhagen[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Icelandic[18]
Given name
Jón[17]
Member of
Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities[15]
Patronym or matronym
Helgason[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jon Helgason en Jón Helgason cs Helgason Jón cs Jón Helgason es Jon Helgason ja ヨウン・ヘルガソン nl Jon Helgason tr Jon Helgason
🔖 Identifiers · 37
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
112753416
Library of Congress authority ID
n82123527
GND ID
119453770
AskArt person ID
11154301
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12466407b
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
helgason-jon
CBDB.cz author ID
47243
CONOR.SI ID
238334307
Dansk Biografisk Leksikon ID
Jón_Helgason
Dansk Forfatterleksikon ID
HJonHelgason
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119453770
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DigitaltMuseum ID
0210313458399
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Jon-Helgason
FAST ID
1734987
Freebase ID
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Gravsted.dk ID
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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Jón_Helgason_-_islandsk_filolog
IdRef ID
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IxTheo authority ID
080268110
KBR person ID
14349933
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
119453770
KulturNav-ID
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Lex ID
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Libris-URI
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NE.se ID
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NL CR AUT ID
mub2018989929
NUKAT ID
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Prabook ID
2292996
Royal Swedish Academy of Letters member ID
928
Runeberg author ID
helgajon
SBN author ID
IEIV139689
SELIBR ID
191858
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/164714
WorldCat Entities ID
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Occupation 3
writer, poet, philologist
Field of work 2
poetry, philology
Country of citizenship 1
Iceland
Educated at 1
University of Copenhagen
Employer 1
University of Copenhagen
Given name 1
Jón
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Icelandic
Member of 1
Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
Place of birth 1
Reykholt
Place of death 1
Copenhagen
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Born in Reykholt[1], he… he was born on June 30, 1899[2]. He died in Copenhagen[3]. He died on January 19, 1986[4]. He worked as a poet[5], philologist[6], writer[7], linguist[8], and literary scholar[9].

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Career and Affiliations

Fields of work include philology[11], an academic discipline[20] and poetry[12], a literary form[21].

FAQs

Where was Jón Helgason born?

Jón Helgason was born in Reykholt[1].

Where did Jón Helgason die?

Jón Helgason passed away in Copenhagen[3].

What did Jón Helgason do for work?

Jón Helgason worked as poet[5], philologist[6], writer[7], linguist[8], and literary scholar[9].

Where did Jón Helgason go to school?

Jón Helgason was educated at University of Copenhagen[14].

Related Entities

Iceland philology poetry

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [2] ↑ . Brockhaus Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  16. [4] ↑ . Brockhaus Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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