Halldór Ásmundsson

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

Halldór Ásmundsson (c. 1600 – 1667/1668) was a 17th-century Icelandic printer, responsible for the only printing press in Iceland from 1634 to 1666.^[1] Halldór was an apprentice of the Hólar printer Brandur Jónsson. He moved to Germany and worked as a printer in Danzig for many years before returning to Iceland to lead the Hólar press, following the death of Brandur.^[2][3] Halldór oversaw the Hólar press until shortly before he died "at an advanced age" at which point he was succeeded by the Dane Henrik Krúse.^[3]

On 16 June 1644, Halldór completed the printing of the second translation of The Bible in Icelandic, known as Þorláksbiblía [is] as it was prepared under the direction of Bishop Þorlákur Skúlason.^[1][4][5]

References

1. Kent, Allen; Lancour, Harold; Daily, Jay E. (1 January 1978). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 23 - Poland: Libraries and Information Centers in to Printers and Printing. CRC Press. p. 433. ISBN 978-0-8247-2023-0.
2. Haukur Már Haraldsson. "Upphaf prentunar á Íslandi" [Beginning of printing in Iceland] (in Icelandic). Reykjavík: Prentsögusetur. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
3. Halldór Hermannsson (1922). Icelandic Books of the Seventeenth Century, 1601-1700. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Library. p. xii. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
4. G.M. (October 1984). "Hóla-biblíurnar gömlu" [The Old Hóla Bilbe]. Prentarinn (in Icelandic). 4 (4): 18. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
5. Eftir Hjálmar Jónsson (12 December 2006). "Þorláksbiblía frá 1664 og kort keypt á uppboði" [Þorlák's Bible from 1664 and map purchased at auction]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. Retrieved 8 June 2020.