\u00c1RI\u00d0 2000 h\u00f6f\u00f0u Nor\u00f0url\u00f6nd me\u00f0 s\u00e9r samstarf til a\u00f0 minnast \u00feess, a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fasund \u00e1r voru li\u00f0in fr\u00e1 landafundum norr\u00e6nna manna \u00ed Amer\u00edku. Helsti samstarfsa\u00f0ilinn af h\u00e1lfu Bandar\u00edkjanna og Kanada voru \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0minjas\u00f6fn landanna \u00ed Washington D.C. og Ottawa. Farands\u00fdning var sett upp \u00ed sj\u00f6 helstu borgum meginlandsins. Fornleifa- og sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0ingar skrifu\u00f0u fr\u00e6\u00f0irit um \u00feessa s\u00f6gulegu atbur\u00f0i: \u201eVikings \u2013 the North -American Saga\u201cme\u00f0 form\u00e1la eftir sj\u00e1lfa forsetafr\u00fana, Hillary Clinton. Sagan var kynnt \u00ed heimildamyndum, sem voru s\u00fdndar \u00ed sj\u00f3nvarpi og efnt var til fyrirlestra \u00ed h\u00e1sk\u00f3lum \u00ed b\u00e1\u00f0um r\u00edkjum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00dea\u00f0 kom \u00ed minn hlut sem sendiherra \u00cdslands til Bandar\u00edkjanna og Kanada a\u00f0 heims\u00e6kja 35 fylki Bandar\u00edkjanna og margar borgir Kanada af \u00feessu tilefni. H\u00e1punktinum var n\u00e1\u00f0 me\u00f0 fyrirlestri undirrita\u00f0s \u00ed Cosmos-Club \u00ed Washington D.C., en me\u00f0al me\u00f0lima hans voru \u00e1 \u00feeim t\u00edma 88 Nobelsver\u00f0launahafar \u00ed hinum \u00fdmsu fr\u00e6\u00f0igreinum. A\u00f0 loknum fyrirlestri og umr\u00e6\u00f0um var efnt til eftirminnilegrar veislu. Undirrita\u00f0ur sat \u00fear vi\u00f0 h\u00e1bor\u00f0i\u00f0, umkringdur v\u00edsindam\u00f6nnum og vitringum \u00e1 b\u00e1\u00f0a v\u00e6ngi. Sessunautur minn reyndist vera p\u00f3fessor \u00ed st\u00e6r\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 einn af elituh\u00e1sk\u00f3lum Bandar\u00edkjanna. \u00dear kom \u00ed samt\u00f6lum okkar, a\u00f0 \u00e9g spur\u00f0i: \u201e\u00deekki\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e9r Sigur\u00f0 Helgason, st\u00e6r\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0ing vi\u00f0 MIT?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00dea\u00f0 var\u00f0 dj\u00fap \u00fe\u00f6gn. Loks svara\u00f0i pr\u00f3fessorinn me\u00f0 festu: \u201e Herra Helgason er ekki st\u00e6r\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0ingur. Hann er me\u00f0 Gu\u00f0unum \u00e1 Olympstindi. Allt sem fr\u00e1 honum kemur er \u00fe\u00fdtt jafn\u00f3\u00f0um \u00e1 r\u00fassnesku\u201c. \u00cd framhaldinu \u00fatlista\u00f0i pr\u00f3fessorinn fyrir m\u00e9r, \u00e1 hva\u00f0a fr\u00e6\u00f0asvi\u00f0um innan st\u00e6r\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0innar Sigur\u00f0ur v\u00e6ri \u00feessi skapandi brautry\u00f0jandi, a\u00f0 v\u00edsindaheimurinn leg\u00f0i vi\u00f0 hlustir jafn\u00f3\u00f0um. Allt var \u00feetta m\u00e9r sem opinberun , enda komu \u00fearna vi\u00f0 s\u00f6gu andlegir afreksmenn, sem hafa skapa\u00f0 heimsmynd okkar, allt fr\u00e1 Einstein og \u00d6rsted til minni sp\u00e1manna. \u00c6tli Sigur\u00f0ur s\u00e9 ekki s\u00e1 v\u00edsindama\u00f0ur \u00edslenskur, sem hefur bori\u00f0 hr\u00f3\u00f0ur lands og \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ar v\u00ed\u00f0ast \u00ed heimi v\u00edsindanna?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kynni okkar Sigur\u00f0ar h\u00f3fust \u00e1 \u00e1runum 1976-77. \u00de\u00e1 var \u00e9g vista\u00f0ur skamma hr\u00ed\u00f0 sem Fulbright-scholar vi\u00f0 Harvard h\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00ed Boston, Massachusets. \u00dea\u00f0 er n\u00e6sti b\u00e6r vi\u00f0 MIT, \u00fear sem Sigur\u00f0ur ger\u00f0i gar\u00f0inn fr\u00e6gan. Mitt vi\u00f0fangsefni var samanbur\u00f0ur hagkerfa, \u00fear sem \u00e9g naut einkum lei\u00f0sagnar Austur-Evr\u00f3pskra fl\u00f3ttamanna, sem vissu \u00f6\u00f0rum betur af eigin reynslu, hvernig ekki \u00e6tti a\u00f0 byggja upp og reka hagkerfi. Og \u00e9g komst br\u00e1tt a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed, a\u00f0 \u00fear var ekki komi\u00f0 a\u00f0 t\u00f3mum kofanum hj\u00e1 Sigur\u00f0i. St\u00e6r\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0i er j\u00fa a\u00f0fer\u00f0arfr\u00e6\u00f0i allra v\u00edsinda. Samt\u00f6lin vi\u00f0 Sigur\u00f0 ur\u00f0u til \u00feess a\u00f0 d\u00fdpka mj\u00f6g skilning minn \u00e1 bandar\u00edsku \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e9lagi og \u00e1standi heimsins \u00e1 kjarnorku\u00f6ld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En hann var ekki a\u00f0eins andans j\u00f6fur. Hann var l\u00edka g\u00f3\u00f0ur ma\u00f0ur, sem l\u00e9t s\u00e9r annt um \u00fe\u00e1 sem til hans leitu\u00f0u eins og besti fa\u00f0ir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
J\u00f3n Baldvin Hannibalsson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00c1RI\u00d0 2000 h\u00f6f\u00f0u Nor\u00f0url\u00f6nd me\u00f0 s\u00e9r samstarf til a\u00f0 minnast \u00feess, a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fasund \u00e1r voru li\u00f0in fr\u00e1 landafundum norr\u00e6nna manna \u00ed Amer\u00edku. Helsti samstarfsa\u00f0ilinn af h\u00e1lfu Bandar\u00edkjanna og Kanada voru \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0minjas\u00f6fn landanna \u00ed Washington D.C. og Ottawa. Farands\u00fdning var sett upp \u00ed sj\u00f6 helstu borgum meginlandsins. Fornleifa- og sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0ingar skrifu\u00f0u fr\u00e6\u00f0irit um \u00feessa s\u00f6gulegu atbur\u00f0i: … Continue reading “Sigur\u00f0ur Helgason – Minning”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allar_greinar","category-minningagreinar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3305,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304\/revisions\/3305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}