Muggur

Guðmundur Pétursson Thorsteinsson (5 September 1891, Bíldudalur – 27 July 1924, Søllerød), better known as Muggur, was an Icelandic painter, graphic artist, author and film actor.

Biography Muggur was born in Bíldudalur, Iceland. His father, Pétur, was one of the richest men in Iceland and later one of the founders of the fishing company Milljónarfélagið. When he was twelve, the family moved to Copenhagen, but they travelled continuously between there and Iceland. His younger brothers, Samúel, Gunnar and Friðþjófur all became well known football players in Iceland and Denmark.

He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1911 to 1915, but also took study trips to Germany and Italy.

In addition to his paintings, he wrote and illustrated a children's book, The Story of Dimmalimm, about a young girl and an enchanted swan. It was written in 1921 for a niece, while he was on board a cargo ship sailing from Italy to Iceland, and was published in 1942. led him to drink heavily. In 1923, already in deteriorating health, he was kicked in the back by a horse. Most of his works are in the National Gallery of Iceland.

Selected works