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Ólafur Egilsson was born on October 12, 1977 in Reykjavik, Iceland. He graduated in 2002 from the Icelandic Academy of Arts. A screenwriter, playwright, director and actor, Ólafur has worked with the Icelandic theatre ensemble Vesturport and is known for his screenplays for Trapped (2015), White Night Wedding (2008), The Oath (2016) and Woman ...
Ólafur Egilsson (1564 – 1 March 1639) was an Icelandic Lutheran minister. In 1627, he was abducted, along with his wife and two sons, by Barbary Pirates under the Ottoman Empire during their raid on Vestmannaeyjar. The raid is known in Icelandic history as Tyrkjaránið ( The Turkish abductions ).
Ólafur Egill Egilsson (fæddur 12. október 1977) leikari og leikstjóri, handritshöfundur og leikskáld, sonur Egils Ólafssonar og Tinnu Gunnlaugsdóttur.
Ólafur Egill Egilsson (1977) has worked with the Reykjavik City Theatre, Akureyri Theatre, National Theatre of Iceland and Vesturport. A versatile actor, Ólafur is also an established writer for theatre and has received several awards and nominations for his work in both fields.
May 7, 2021 · A seventeenth-century minister tells his story of abduction by pirates, and a solo journey from Algiers to Copenhagen, in this remarkable historical text. In summer 1627, Barbary corsairs raided Iceland, killing dozens and abducting almost four hundred people to sell into slavery in Algiers.
Aug 25, 2016 · In the summer of 1627, Barbary corsairs raided Iceland, killing dozens of people and abducting close to four hundred to sell into slavery in Algiers. Among those taken was the Lutheran minister Reverend Olafur Egilsson.
Ólafur Egill Egilsson útskrifaðist úr leiklistardeild LHÍ árið 2002. Hann hefur starfað sem leikari, handritshöfundur og leikstjóri í fjölda verkefna í leikhúsi og kvikmyndum. Hann leikstýrir Nokkrum augnablikum um nótt í Þjóðleikhúsinu í vetur og er í listrænu teymi leikhússins.
