Translators from Icelandic

A list of active translators from Icelandic into several languages, some information about them and their translations.


Translators

Rolf Stavnem

Danish Danska

Rolf Stavnem, PhD and MA in Scandinavian Studies. Full time translator since 2015.


Selected translations


from Old Norse:

The Poetic Edda

Snorri's Edda (with Kim Lembek)

Icelandic Sagas

Heroic Sagas

Skaldic Poetry (namely Rekstefja by Hallar-Steinn)


from Modern Icelandic:

Works by Ófeigur Sigurðsson, Steinar Bragi, Ragnar Jónasson, Arnaldur Indriðason, Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir, Bergsveinn Birgisson, Halldór Guðmundsson, Stefán Máni


Rolf also translates from Norwegian, Swedish and English