Rev. Sveinbjörn S. Ólafsson Photo: Dalamenn III
Sveinbjörn Jónasson was born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on November 24, 1897. He died in Minneapolis on March 25, 1995. He took the name Rev. Sveinbjorn Olafsson in the west.
Spouse: September 4, 1928 Maurine Finnegan b. June 6, 1901 in Illinois.
Children: 1. Nancy Lou b. April 25, 1934 2. Paul James b. May 28, 1943.
Sveinbjörn came west to Winnipeg in 1911 with his parents, Jónas Íkaboðsson and Anna Sveinbjarnardóttir, who settled in Winnipeg. Sveinbjörn was schooled at the Jón Bjarnason Academy in Winnipeg, Valparaiso University in Indiana, and Garrett Biblical Institute in Evanston, Illinois. He became a Methodist minister and served congregations in Duluth, Thief River Falls, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Anna, Sveinbjörn’s mother, was married earlier to Ólafur Árnason and had three children with him, all who took the last name Olafsson. Anna’s children with Jónas were recorded in their western home.