Kristín Svava Tómasdóttir, historian and poet, Vilhelm Vilhelmsson, historian and Sigrún Bragadóttir, nursery-pancher will speak and talk to guests. A collection of poems about dissidents and punk will be on display, and the band Mandólín will perform selected songs about dissidents.

Schedule:

18:00 The building opens. The band Mandólín plays well-chosen songs

18:30 Kristín Svava Tómasdóttir, An Andof in the Situation Papers

The actions of the Icelandic government in the so-called wartime period, to prevent the intercourse between Icelandic girls and soldiers, are well known. Numerous women of all ages were observed and if teenage girls were deemed to have too close relations with soldiers, they risked being called to question, being tried in juvenile court and sent to the countryside or to the nursing home in Kleppjárnsreykir. Documents relating to these activities are kept in the National Archives of Iceland. However, they do not only show the girls as quiet victims of the system, but they also showed themselves to be clever, resistant, had trouble and noise. The paper will dive into the documents and focus on this dissident.

19:00 The band Mandolin plays

19:30 Vilhelm Vilhelmsson, Hrói Höttur Íslands? The rebel-turned-in-the-mother Ísleifur seki Jóhannesson (1787-1829)

In the first half of the 19th century, Ísleifur Jóhannesson, known as Ísleifur seki, was acclaimed throughout the country for various crimes and for giving a long nose to the established hierarchy, customs and practices. His name was written by various folk poets who crossed the country and stories were told about his rebellious behaviour, so he became a kind of legend in his life. He was convicted of theft and ended his life in a Danish prison, burnt and lacking in sanity. His story is mostly forgotten. But who was this Ísleifur and why did he become so notorious? This article will answer that.

20:00 Sigrún Bragadóttir, Hannyrðir/handverk + pönk = Hannyrðirpönk: Andóf og hreyfigefl

Handmade punk is a free translation of the English word “craftivism”, which is composed of the English words craft and activism. According to the “midwife” of handmade punk, Betsy Greer, the term “craftivism” originates from the punk period and the ideology of punk, dissident, activist and the “make it yourself” movement that followed. In the lecture Sigrún will discuss what handmade punk is and how it has been used as a dissident and a movement to raise awareness of current issues.

20:30 – 21:30 Museum performance

Free entry and all welcome!