Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson
Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson was a Norwegian poet, children's writer and translator, born in Iceland.
He made his literary debut in 1973 with the poetry collection Manus. Among his children's books are Pelle Parafins Bøljeband: Serum, serum and Håkon Håkonsson. Jónsson was part of the poetic activist group "Stuntpoetene" during the 1980s, along with Karin Moe, Triztán Vindtorn, Arne Ruste, Thorvald Steen, Erling Kittelsen, Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen and others. He died in November 2008.
