EnNació en 1926, heen la localidad de [[Fagriskógur]]. Esta se encuentra en el fiordo de [[Eyjafjörður|Eyjafjördur]], en la [[Regiones de Islandia|región]] de [[Norðurland Eystra]]. wroteEscribió ''Munkarnir á Möðruvöllum'' ("The Monks of Möðruvöllum) andy inen 1941,thela powerful novelnovela ''Sólon Islandus'' (I - II), a novel aboutsobre Sölva Helgason, a daydreaming 19th-century vagabond whose intellectual ambitions are smothered by society.
En 1941, heescribió wroteel the successful play,drama ''Gullna hliðið'' ("The Golden Gate"), and inen 1944, ''Vopn guðanna'' ("Weapons of the Gods"), andy inen 1953, his play ''Landið gleymda'' ("The Country Forgotten").
