Ólafur Egilsson (1564 - 1639)

Born 1564 in Snorrastaðir, Árnessýsla, Suðurland, Iceland [uncertain]

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Died 1 Mar 1639 at about age 75 in Vestmannaeyjar, Rangárvallasýsla, Suðurland, Iceland

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Ólafur Egilsson
Birth: 1564
Death: 1 Mar 1639
"Probably a Priest at Torfastaðir in Biskupstungur about and after 1590.^[1] Priest at Ofanleiti in Vestmannaeyjar from about 1594^[2], kidnapped during the Barbary slave raids ( Turkish Abductions / Tyrkjaránið ) in 1627. Became a Priest again at Ofanleiti in Vestmannaeyjar from 1634 till his last^[2]" (Íslendingabók).^[3] When he was captured he was taken to Algiers but managed to return back to Iceland in 1628. His wife Ásta Þorsteinsdóttir returned in 1637, but his sons never did. He later wrote a memoir about his experiances.^[4][5][6]

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1. ↑ Páll Eggert Ólason, et al. (1948-1976). Íslenzkar æviskrár frá landnámstímum til ársloka 1940, Volume 4, page 36 (Ólafur Egilsson). HIÐ ÍSLENZKA BÓKMENTAFJELAG, Reykjavík, Iceland. Retrived from (https://baekur.is/bok/000306940/4/40/Islenzkar_aeviskrar_fra_Bindi_4_Bls_40) on Bækur.is 20 Mar 2021.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Sveinn Níelsson (1869). Prestatal og prófasta á Íslandi, page 48. Hið íslenzka bókmenntafélag: Copenhagen, Denmark. Retrieved from (https://archive.org/details/prestatalogprfas00nels/page/48/mode/1up) on INTERNET ARCHIVE 20 Mar 2021.
3. ↑ ’Ólafur Egilsson’ (1564 - 1. mars 1639). Retrieved from the Icelandic genealogical database Íslendingabók 20 Mar 2021
4. ↑ Egilsson, Ólafur (2016). The Travels of Reverend Ólafur Egilsson: The Story of the Barbary Corsair Raid on Iceland in 1627. Translated from the original Icelandic text and edited by Karl Smári Hreinsson and Adam Nichols. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press. ISBN 978-0-8132-2869-3.
5. ↑ Wikipedia contributors. "Ólafur Egilsson.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed 20 Mar 2021.
6. ↑ Jón Espólín (1840-1850). Ættartölubækur Jóns Espólíns..., Volume 7, paragraph 5979. Iceland. Retrieved from (https://handrit.is/is/manuscript/imaging/is/IB04-0015#page/124v++(256+af+408)/mode/1up) on Handrit.is 20 Mar 2021

See also:

• Einar Bjarnason (1952-1955). Lögréttumannatal. Sögufélag: Reykjavík, Iceland.
• Valgeir Sigurðsson (1982). Rangvellingabók. Saga jarða og ábúðar í Rangárvallahreppi. Rangárvallahreppur: Hella, Iceland.
• Voices of the Past (2022). Enslaved Icelander Describes Horror of Ottoman Slave Market (1627) // Diary of Ólafur Egilsson. A YouTube video upploaded on 24 Mar 2022. Accessed 27 Mar 2022.