Old Icelandic documentary about life in Hornstrandir (with subtitles)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.พ. 2025
- *English subtitles listed as Icelandic*
This is an old Icelandic documentary (1956) about life in Hornstrandir, the most northerly part of the Westfjords region of Iceland. The area is very remote, and after Iceland industrialized people started moving from the “back-water” to nearby towns. In 1956, when this movie was made, the last farmers were just leaving, and, in fact, the farm Reykjarfjörður, which has a starring role in this film, was abandoned just three years after its release - in 1959. Today the area is a nature reserve mostly visited by hikers and the descendants of former inhabitants who still own the land their farms stood on, and often stay there during the summer.
This film was produced by Ósvaldur Knudsen, an Icelandic painter and filmmaker, and narrated by Dr. Kristján Eldjárn. When this film was produced, Dr. Eldjárn (lit. fire-iron) was the foremost archaeologist in Iceland but he would go on to become the third president of the nation in 1968.
A world without plastic. Remarkable!
You have no idea how much I hate plastics.
rerally enjoyed this thank you
Since this film was made the northern boundary of human habitation has moved south to Norðurfjörður, Reykjarfjörður (the northernmost inhabited farm at that time) is now only populated for a few months in summer. Horses and dogs have been outlawed, this part of Iceland is now the domain of the Arctic Fox - and lots of human backpackers.
Já Leifur
Superb! Thank you.
þetta er svo fallegt!
Have any more of these? This is fantastic!
I have one more that I could upload but it is very different from this one. It’s about an archaeological dig in one of the old bishoprics of Iceland, led by the narrator of this film.
@@hognigk96 interesting!
@@hognigk96I would be interested to see it...
There's a couple more Osvaldur Knudsen films on TH-cam, focusing on the Hekla and Askja volcanic eruptions. I used to have a VHS of a few more of his older films that I've not seen anywhere else since unfortunately. His son Vilhjalmur was also a filmmaker and ran a small cinema in Reykjavik, but he died a few years ago and the cinema has been demolished. I'm not sure what's happened to their work but I believe at least some of it is in the Icelandic national film archive.
Beautiful nature
Enjoyed
Glæsilegt þetta!
Einstaklega falleg mynd !
Falleg íslenska ❤
Cool
Does the blue and red church (min 10:40) still exist?
I couldn’t find any pictures of the church online and the satellite image isn’t clear enough, but old churches in Iceland are generally maintained. This was filmed in Reykjarfjörður which is still inhabited during the summer so there’s a high probability that the church still stands
Is narrator speaking icelandic ? Sounds a bit like Norwegian or swedish accent:)
Yes, he’s speaking Icelandic. In fact, this is a very old-school way of speaking and about as pure as you can get in terms of pronunciation.
The narrator, Kristján Eldjárn, later became president of Iceland!
what is the priest snorting in 7:58 ?
It's called neftóbak (nose tobacco), in english it's called snuff
Það er sturluð tónlist undir þessu, hún ætti betur við eihverja hasarmynd, en ekki heimildarmynd um byggðarlag.
What did that dude snort at 8 minutes?
@@dylanlove130 that’s Icelandic snus, basically it’s tobacco that you snort. It’s still popular today, mainly with older people
My family owns this property
Those poor horses.
They have been bred to do such work through millennia and anyway lived better lives than most people do today.
Icelandic Ponies are some of the hardiest horses in the world, though they are small they are very physically strong and full of energy; carrying grown adults, lugging tree trunks or weathering out an Icelandic Winter is no problem for them at all!
The horses in the film were all in very good shape, they were clearly being looked after well by people who valued them and knew how to care for them properly.
@@maywalker997 There are no ponies in Iceland, only horses.
Skemmtilegt😅
Horrible music
Ég vonaði að textarnir eru virkilega á íslensku. Ég gæti lært íslensku.
@@marcinminkowski345 því miður gerði ég bara á ensku. Get bætt íslensku við ef þig langar :)