Magnús J. Skaptason

Magnús J. Skaptason (born 4 February 1850, died Winnipeg, 8 March 1932) was an Icelandic priest and newspaper editor, noted for his activities among the Icelandic community in Canada.

Life and thought Magnús's mother was Anna Margrét (whose own father was Björn Ólsen of Þingeyri) and his father Dr. Jósep Skaptason (1802–75) of Hnausar in Vatnsdalur.

In 1875, Magnús was ordained a priest of the Lutheran Church of Iceland, a year after graduating from Iceland's Lutheran seminary. at the request of New Iceland's Lutheran brotherhood. There he served New Iceland's Lutheran congregation alongside Jón Bjarnason Magnús officiated in Árnes, Gimli, Fljótsbyggð, Hekla, Hnausa, and Víðirnes.

Magnús grew increasingly dissatisfied with Icelandic Lutheran thought, however.