Rósa_Guðmundsdóttir

Rósa Guðmundsdóttir

Rósa Guðmundsdóttir

Icelandic poet

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Rósa.

Rósa Guðmundsdóttir (1795–1855), was an Icelandic poet. She belonged to the most known poets in Iceland of her time and is the author of many well known folk songs and poems in Icelandic.[1]

Björk performed Guðmundsdóttir's song Vísur Vatnsenda-Rósu in 1994 for the album Chansons des mers froides.

References

  1. [1]
    "Guðmundsdóttir, Rósa også kaldet Vatnsenda-Rósa". The History of Nordic Women's Literature. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
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