Thorstína S. Jackson writes of Björn in her book Saga Íslendinga í N. Dakota:
“Björn was well educated and was almost graduated from The Learned School of Reykjavík when the schoolboys rioted against the principal, Sveinbjörn Egilsson. He then stopped studying and married Ólavía Ólafsdóttir, the priest’s daughter in Kolfreyjustaðir….”
And Thorstína’s father, Björn’s old friend, wrote about him in his publication Brot af Lannámsögu Nýy Íslands, which was published in Winnipeg in 1919:
“Björn was a well-endowed man, tall and powerful on the field, strong and well suited for wrestling. Until the end of his life, he had a strong hold on what he learned at school, e.g. Latin. He was good at teaching teenagers to study books. He was entertaining in conversation and cheerful, especially in company with his acquaintances; so that everything that was sad had to give way to cheerfulness. He was popular and had an interest in the welfare of his people. In Iceland, he was a member of parliament for Suður Múlasýsla and twice re-elected” (page 78).