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Memorial plaque at Sankt Peders Stræde 20. The inscription reads:

DEN ISLANDSKE DIGTER
JÓNAS HALLGRÍMSSON
FØDT PAA GAARDEN HRAUN
Í ÖXNADAL
19. NOVEMBER 1807
DØD I KØBENHAVN
26 MAJ 1845
HAVDE HER SIN SIDSTE BOLIG

THE ICELANDIC POET
JÓNAS HALLGRÍMSSON
BORN AT THE FARM HRAUN
IN ÖXNADALUR
16 NOVEMBER 1807
DIED IN COPENHAGEN
26 MAY 1845
HAD HERE HIS LAST HOME

Source: Photo Dick Ringler

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