Kaldalóns
About
The composer Sigvaldi Kaldalóns (1881-1946) is one of Iceland´s most admired composers. Kaldalóns was a doctor in the Nauteyrarhreppur parish, one of the remotest regions in the country, in the years 1910-1921. He resided in the farm Ármúli, near to the Kaldalón fjord and took the name Kaldalóns from that fjord. During his stay in Ármúli Kaldalóns composed many of his best known songs, like Hamraborgin, Ég lít í anda liðna tíð, Þú eina hjartans yndið mitt and more.