Orri Vigfússon

Orri Vigfússon (10 July 1942[1] – 1 July 2017)[2] was an Icelandic entrepreneur and environmentalist. His stated objective was to "restore the abundance of wild salmon that formerly existed on both sides of the North Atlantic".[3]

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Orri.
Orri Vigfússon
Orri in conversation with Silver Donald Cameron about his work
Born(1942-07-10)10 July 1942
Died1 July 2017(2017-07-01) (aged 74)
Reykjavik, Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Occupationentrepreneur and environmentalist
AwardsGoldman Environmental Prize

In 2004 Time magazine named him a "European Hero".[4] He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2007 for his efforts on saving endangered species.[3] [5] In 2008, he was elected as a Senior Global Fellow to the Ashoka Fellowship.[6]

He died on 1 July 2017 in Reykjavik of lung cancer at the age of 74.[7][2]

Mark Kurlansky dedicated his 2020 book, Salmon, to the memory of Orri Vigfússon.[8]

References
  1. "Iceland Review". 1995.
  2. Fly, Fish & (July 3, 2017). "Orri Vigfússon - The world loses the great salmon champion". Fish and Fly.
  3. Goldman Environmental Prize 2007: Orri Vigfússon Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 2007-10-25)
  4. ""Saving the Wild Salmon", Time Europe magazine, 11 October 2004".
  5. "Salmon campaigner lands top award" – BBC News (Sunday, 22 April 2007) (Retrieved on March 26, 2008)
  6. "Orri Vigfusson, Ashoka Fellow". Retrieved 2014-10-21.
  7. "Orri Vigfússon er látinn - Vísir". visir.is.
  8. Kurlansky, Mark (2020). Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate. Patagonia. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-938340-86-4.


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