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Jón Sveinsson

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Gender Male
Death80 years ago
Date of birth November 16,1857
Zodiac sign Scorpio
Born Akureyri
Iceland
Date of died October 16,1944
DiedCologne
Germany
BooksNonis
At Skipalón
Job Children's book author
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Date of Upd.
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Jón Sveinsson Life story


Jón Stefán Sveinsson, better known as "Nonni" was an Icelandic children's writer and member of the Society of Jesus. He left Iceland in 1870 for France, where he converted to Catholicism. His children's stories concerning a character named Nonni are well known in Iceland and parts of Europe.

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