Helgi G. Thordersen

Helgi Guðmundsson Thordersen (8 April 1794 - 4 December 1867) was an Icelandic politician and prelate who served as Bishop of Iceland from 1846 till 1866.

The Right Reverend

Helgi G. Thordersen
Bishop of Iceland
ChurchChurch of Iceland
DioceseIceland
Appointed25 September 1845
In office1846-1866
PredecessorSteingrímur Jónsson
SuccessorPétur Pétursson
Orders
Ordination6 April 1820
Consecration5 July 1846[1]
by Jacob Peter Mynster
Personal details
Born(1794-04-08)April 8, 1794
Reykjavik, Iceland
DiedDecember 4, 1867(1867-12-04) (aged 73)
NationalityIcelandic
DenominationLutheran
ParentsGuðmundur Þórðarson & Steinunn Helgadóttir
SpouseRagneidur Stephensen

Biography

Thordersen graduated from the Latin school at Bessastaðir in 1813. He moved to Copenhagen in 1814 and graduated in theology in 1819. That same year he returned to Iceland and taught children in Reykjavik the following winter. In 1820, he was ordained a priest in Hallgrímskirkja (Hvalfjörður). In 1836 he became a cathedral priest in Reykjavik and was bishop of Iceland from 1846 to 1866 as successor to Steingrímur Jónsson. He had no great importance in political life, but had a certain influence on the church legislative work during the first meetings, as well as in the relocation of the Latin school from Bessastaðir to Reykjavik and the establishment of the parsonage.[2]

References
  1. "Helgi Thordersen". .ismus.is. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. "Thordersen, Helgi Guðmundsson". runeberg.org. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
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