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Nonnahús - Jón Sveinsson Memorial Museum - North East Iceland

Aðalstræti 54, 600 Akureyri
Phone: (+354) 462-3555
Email: nonni@nonni.is
WebSite: www.nonni.is

Region: North East

Opening Hours:
From 01.06 - 31.08
daily 10:00 - 17:00
winter up on request.

About: (Description)
The Nonni House, believed to have been built in 1849, now belongs to the Akureyri Zonta Club and accommodates a museum dedicated to the memory of the writer and pastor Jón Sveinsson, Nonni (1857-1944). The house was granted the status of a protected building according to the law on national heritage in the year 1978 and is in most respects a good example of the oldest type of timber house in Iceland. There are on display in the museum several objects relating to Nonni, his pictures and books in numerous languages.

How to get there:
Akureyri is by road no.1 about 380 km from Reykjavík.

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