The Stephan G. Stephansson Endowment Fund at the University of Iceland

As can be read in the Lögberg-Heimskringla, (August 15th and September 15th, 2019), the University of Iceland has introduced a new initiative on the trans-Atlantic bridge. The establishment of the SGS Endowment Fund was announced on April 20th, 2017, at the opening of the University of Icelandʾs Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding ‒ UNESCO Cat. 2 Centre. Stephan Vilberg Benediktson, the grandson of Stephan G., together with his wife Adriana, contributed the founding endowment in the poet’s memory. Other initial donations arrived from Heather Alda & William Ireland, and Mooréa & Glen Gray.

The objective of the fund is to promote scholarly research on the international stage in the field of literature, in memory of Icelandic immigrant poets and writers of North America. In order to cultivate the rich literary heritage, the goal is to establish The Stephan G. Stephansson Professorship in Literature at the University of Iceland’s Vigdís Finnbogadóttur Institute. With its establishment, the experience, culture and history of Icelandic immigrants in North America will be commemorated with a rigorous and long-lasting research focus on the world’s stage.

In 2019, the fundraising enterprise is on track, thanks to recent pledges by Donald K. Johnson and Arni Thorsteinson, and donations by Susan Rodriguez Abbiati, Paul David Benediktson and Stephen Robert Benediktson.  

The University of Iceland enjoys charitable status in Canada, one of only 69 post-secondary institutions outside of the U.S and U.K, and your contributions to this very significant and timely project will be gratefully received.

Donate:

1)     Credit card: https://vigdis.hi.is/en/the-stephan-g-stephansson-endowment-fund/

2)     Wire transfer:

Bank: Landsbankinn hf

Address: Hagatorg, 107 Reykjavik, Iceland

Iban no: IS86 0137 2600 0476 6001 6920 39

Swift code: NBIIISRE

Account holder: University of Iceland

Address: Saemundargata 2, 101 Reyjavik, Iceland

Subject: Canada-nr. 1373 137492

Contact person at the University of Iceland:

Dr. Birna Bjarnadóttir

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute

Veröld – House of Vigdís

Brynjólfsgata 1

107 Reykjavík

Email: birna@hi.is

Tel: +354-5254933