Guðmundur came to the West with his parents in 1882. They lived in N. Dakota. VÍÆ I gives the following summary of his life.
“Guðmundur studied at North Dakota State University in Grand Forks and graduated from there with a B.A. degree 1904, M.A. 1905 and law degree 1906. Received a scholarship and studied at the University of Chicago 1905-1906. Lawyer in Munich, N. Dakota, 1908-1910. State’s Attorney for Cavalier County, N. Dakota 1910-24. Was assistant attorney general in North Dakota 1923-25. District Judge of N. Dakota 1926-49. N. Dakota Supreme Court Justice 1949-58. Attracted a lot of attention in the United States for research and prosecution in the Martin Tabert case in Florida in 1923, which led to the prohibition of lending prisoners for physical labor, as had been the practice before. Chairman of the Committee to Revise the Laws and Legal Rules of the State of N. Dakota 1943. Representative of N. Dakota at the national convention in Iceland in 1930. President of the Conference on Social Welfare 1945. President of the North Dakota State Historical Society 1955. Doctor juris honoris causa from the University of Iceland 1930 and the University of North Dakota 1939. Knight of the Falcon Ordinance 1939. Distinguished Service Citation N.D. Alumni Citation, 50 years Legal Service North Dakota Bar 1956. Honorary badge of Phi Beta Kappa society. Furthermore, he visited Iceland in 1932 and 1949. Publications, Articles in magazines. For a time, editor of the Munich Herald.”
English version by Thor group.