ID: 18806
Born west
Date of birth : 1905
Date of death : 1996
Christine Steinunn Sigurðardóttir was born on August 26, 1905 in Minnesota. She died on July 17, 1996 in Ramsey County in Minnesota. She had the last name Gunlogson in the west.
Unmarried and childless.
Christine was the daughter of Sigurður Gunnlaugsson and Kristjana Sigbjörnsdóttir in Minnesota. She graduated as a teacher, teaching for a few years before going to Italy to study singing. She did well there and was given the opportunity to sing in Italy after completing her music studies. She returned to Minnesota and then became a singing teacher at the University of Wisconsin’s music department in Madison. She settled in Minneapolis and was an active member of the Icelandic Hekla Club in that city. (See more Icelandic heritage below)