The church at Hruni around 1900
A view from a hill overlooking the Lutheran church at Hruni, Iceland.

Hruni (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈr̥ʏːnɪ]) is a farming village in Iceland.[1]

History

The settlement was home to the priest and scholar Árni Halldórsson of Hruni (1630–87).[2]: 171–72 

The small church on the site was built in 1865.[3] There is a folk tale that, when there was merrymaking in the church, the devil came to the party and destroyed it.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Richard Wall (2001), "The Transformation of the European Family Across the Centuries", Family History Revisited, University of Delaware Press, p. 228, ISBN 9780874136876
  2. ↑ Richard Cole, 'An Edition and Translation of The Icelandic Book of Joseph and Aseneth', Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, 26.3. (2017), 167–200, doi:10.1177/0951820717703219.
  3. ↑ https://www.nat.is/Kirkjur/Kirkjur%20SL%20hrunakirkja.htm
  4. ↑ Jacqueline Simpson (1972), "The Dance in Hruni Church", Icelandic Folktales and Legends, University of California Press, pp. 194–195, ISBN 9780520021167

64°08′N 20°16′W / 64.133°N 20.267°W / 64.133; -20.267


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