Fjalla-Eyvindur

Fjalla - Eyvindur ( " Eyvindur from the mountains " ) actually Eyvindur Jónsson (* 1714 in Hrunamannahreppur, † 1783 ) was a convicted of theft Icelanders. Following his conviction in 1760 of the outlaws fled with his wife Halla Jónsdóttir in the Icelandic highlands. The lava field Ódáðahraun ( " Missetäterlavafeld " ), near Hveravelir and other places of the Highlands, the couple is said to have survived 20 years in the wilderness, and thus gave rise to the legend.

Various places in the Icelandic highlands are named after the refugee, as a hot spring ( Eyvindarhver ), a ruin ( Eyvindarkofi, " hut of Eyvindur " ) and in Hveravelir a cave ( Eyvindarhellir ) and a hill ( Eyvindarrétt, " sheepfold of Eyvindur " ).

The playwright Jóhann Sigurjónsson (1880-1919) processed the history Eyvindur Jónsson in his piece Bjærg - Eyvind og hans hustru (1911, Ger: Berg- Eyvind and his wife ). 1918 piece directed by Victor Sjöström was filmed (Swedish Original title: Mountain Ejvind och hans hustru ).