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Episode 739 - TRYGGVI ÓLAFSSON'S CHRISTMAS LETTER, WITH ÁRNI PÉTUR ÁRNASON

Today on RÚV English Radio, the wonderful idea contained in a Christmas letter.

Magni Kristjánsson, a former sea captain, was a childhood friend of artist Tryggvi Ólafsson. In 2000, Magni wrote a lengthy Christmas letter to his friend, suggesting that there ought to be a museum of his work, in his old hometown of Neskaupstaður.

That jól letter led ultimately to the opening of the Tryggvi Ólafsson Art Collection (https://tryggvasafn.is/the-art-collection/) in the town.

Darren viewed the works in Neskaupstaður, in the company of Árni Pétur Árnason.

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22. des. 2025

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