Sveinn Sveinsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1847. He died on July 30, 1923 in N. Dakota.
Spouse: 1877 Guðrún Símonardóttir b. 1856 in Skagafjarðarsýsla.
Children: Born in the west: 1. Símon b. in Gimli on August 2, 1878 2. Þorbjörg b. August 30, 1880 in Mountain, d. March 10, 1881 3. Jón (John) b. September 6, 1882, d. March 30, 1884 4. Jón (John) b. March 16, 1885 5. Kristbjörg Sigrún b. March 8, 1888 6. Þorbjörg b. 1891 7. Guðmundur Jóhannes b. October 15, 1893, d. November 30, 1893 8. Sigurlaug b. September 20, 1896 9. Sveinn b. April 12, 1899 10. Sigríður Rannveig b. August 27, 1902.
Sveinn and Guðrún moved west to Canada on the same ship from Sauðárkrókur in 1876. Sveinn bought land in New Iceland, but moved to the Thingvalla Settlement in N. Dakota in 1878 and bought land near Mountain.