Fifteen apply to lead Gljúfrasteinn museum

Fifteen people have applied to become director of Gljúfrasteinn, the home of Halldór Laxness in Mosfellsdal, mbl.is reports. Four other applicants withdrew their applications.

Guðný Dóra Gestsdóttir has held the position since 2004. Among the applicants are Alma Dís Kristinsdóttir, a doctor of museology who has served as director of the Einar Jónsson Museum; writer Tómas Ævar Ólafsson; Ingi Björn Guðnason, site manager at Hrafnseyri in Arnarfjörður; and Vigdís Jakobsdóttir, a cultural affairs project manager for Kópavogur municipality.

Other applicants named by mbl.is are Andrea Þormar, a museologist; Atli Freyr Sævarsson, a store manager and consultant; Björg Kjartansdóttir, a former managing director; architect Haukur Hafliði Nínuson; historian Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson; cultural studies specialist Inga María Leifsdóttir; information scientist and cultural management master’s student Jón T Unnarson Sveinsson; digital product managers Karen María Jónsdóttir and María Karen Sigurðardóttir; event manager Vigdís Jakobsdóttir; and art historian Vigdís Rún Jónsdóttir.