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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM286L_hallargardurinn_Reykjavik-IS.html
The Hallargarður park, made in 1953-4, was designed by Jón H. Björnsson, Iceland's first trained landscape architect. On the initiative of Mayor Gunnar Thoroddsen, four gardens on Fríkirkjuvegur were combined to form the park, incorporating th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM284I_thingholtsstraeti-13_Reykjavik-IS.html
Borgarstjórinn í Reykjavík
veitti þessu húsi viðurkenningu árið 2010
vegna vel gerðra endurbóta.
Húsið var reist árið 1876 og friðað árið 1974.
Húsið telst til íbúðarhúsa af dansk íslenskri gerð
og er hluti af …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM283K_gimli_Reykjavik-IS.html
Knud Zimsen verfræðingur og borgarstóri í Reykjavík reisti húsið til íbúðar 1905 og nefndi Gimli. Það var byggt m.a, úr steinem sem framleiddir voru í verksmiðjunni Mjölni. Loftin eru járnbent turnþakið er fyrsta þak úr jár…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2828_dr-gunnar-claessen_Reykjavik-IS.html
Dr. Med. Gunnar Clæssen
Hóf brautryðjandastarf í
röntgenreiningu og - lækningum
í þessu húsi árið 1914
(English translation:)
In 1914, Dr. Gunnar Claessen began pioneering medical treatments with X-rays in this house.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2824_the-mothers-garden-maedragardurinn_Reykjavik-IS.html
(English side:)
As its name implies, the Mothers' Garden, opened in 1925, was primarily intended for mothers with their children. It had previously been a patch of uncultivated land. It was part of the estate of the Skálholtskot croft, located a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2822_the-culture-house-safnahusid_Reykjavik-IS.html
Safnahúsið var byggt 1906 — 1908 fyrir söfnin í landinu og opnað árið 1909. Í Safnahúsinu voru Landsbókasafn, Þjóðskjalasafn, Náttúrugripasafn ásamt Þjóðminjasafni og Listasafni. Danski arkitektinn Johannes Magdahl Niels…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM281U_neighbourhood-of-the-gods-godahverfid_Reykjavik-IS.html
(English side:)
Around Skólavörðuholt hill, fifteen streets carry names from Norse Mythology. The neighbourhood is sometimes referred to as the Neighbourhood of the Gods as Thor, Freyja and many more gods from the pagan religion have their o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM281H_laugavegur_Reykjavik-IS.html
(Icelandic text:)
Laugavegurinn dregur nafn sitt af gömlu þvottalaugunum í Laugardal en þangað báru konur þvott frá Reykjavík til þess að þvo í heitu laugunum allt til ársins 1930. Árið 1885 var hafist handa við að leggja veg …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27X0_svava-jakobsdottir_Reykjavik-IS.html
(English side:)
Svava Jakobsdóttir (1930-2004) was one of the most prominent Icelandic writers of the twentieth century. She wrote short stories, novels, plays and non-fiction and her works are considered some of the most significant in Icelan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27WZ_founding-of-the-reykjavik-water-utility-uphaf-vatnsveitu_Reykjavik-IS.html
(English panel:)
On 16 June 1909, the Reykjavik Water Utility was founded when fresh, drinking water was conveyed through a pipeline from a river and cold springs on the outskirts of Reykjavik to the town center. It was a defining moment in the…