\u00c9g er f\u00e6ddur \u00ed Vestmannaeyjum \u00ed mi\u00f0ri heimsstyrj\u00f6ldinni s\u00ed\u00f0ari, 1942, tveimur \u00e1rum \u00e1\u00f0ur en landi\u00f0 var\u00f0 l\u00fd\u00f0veldi. \u00c9g tel mig vera l\u00fd\u00f0veldisbarn. Foreldrah\u00fas mitt var a\u00f0 mestu \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk, \u00ed Vogahverfinu. \u00c9g \u00f3lst upp sem venjulegur krakki, f\u00f3r m\u00f6rg sumur \u00ed sveit, var\u00f0 svo sendill me\u00f0 rukkarat\u00f6sku um \u00f6xl. \u00de\u00e1 voru g\u00edr\u00f3se\u00f0lar, rafbankar og allt sl\u00edkt \u00f3\u00feekkt. Unglings\u00e1rin vann \u00e9g \u00ed byggingarvinnu \u00e1 sumrin. Sk\u00f3lagangan gekk vel og s\u00edna beinu braut. \u00c9g var\u00f0 st\u00fadent fr\u00e1 Menntask\u00f3lanum \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk 1962.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g nam st\u00e6r\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0i \u00ed h\u00e1sk\u00f3lunum \u00ed G\u00f6ttingen og M\u00fcnchen og vi\u00f0 MIT \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum. \u00dea\u00f0an lauk \u00e9g doktorspr\u00f3fi 1971. Heimkominn fr\u00e1 n\u00e1mi r\u00e9\u00f0st \u00e9g til H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands og starfa\u00f0i \u00fear \u00ed tvo \u00e1ratugi, 1971-91, sem h\u00e1sk\u00f3lakennari en l\u00edka forst\u00f6\u00f0uma\u00f0ur ranns\u00f3knarstofnana. S\u00ed\u00f0ast var \u00e9g pr\u00f3fessor \u00ed reiknifr\u00e6\u00f0i. \u00c9g var kalla\u00f0ur til a\u00f0 vera faglegur a\u00f0sto\u00f0arma\u00f0ur heilbrig\u00f0isr\u00e1\u00f0herra 1991-1993. \u00c9g var settur r\u00e1\u00f0uneytisstj\u00f3ri \u00ed i\u00f0na\u00f0ar- og vi\u00f0skiptar\u00e1\u00f0uneytum 1993-96 \u00ed fjarveru hins skipa\u00f0a r\u00e1\u00f0uneytisstj\u00f3ra. N\u00e6sta \u00e1ratuginn r\u00faman, 1996-2007, var \u00e9g orkum\u00e1lastj\u00f3ri, sem er emb\u00e6ttisheiti forst\u00f6\u00f0umanns Orkustofnunar. \u00c9g h\u00e6tti sem sl\u00edkur vegna veikinda konu minnar. S\u00ed\u00f0ustu \u00e1rin hef \u00e9g veri\u00f0 \u00ed hlutastarfi \u00e1 skrifstofu Al\u00feingis einkum \u00ed r\u00e1\u00f0gj\u00f6f vi\u00f0 landskj\u00f6rstj\u00f3rn \u00ed sambandi vi\u00f0 framkv\u00e6md kosninga. A\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfs\u00f6g\u00f0u hef \u00e9g teki\u00f0 m\u00e9r leyfi fr\u00e1 \u00feeim st\u00f6rfum n\u00fa \u00feegar \u00e9g er \u00ed frambo\u00f0i.<\/p>\n
Starf mitt vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands leiddi flj\u00f3tlega til \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00e9g var kalla\u00f0ur til r\u00e1\u00f0gjafar og \u00fatreikninga \u00e1 m\u00f6rgum svi\u00f0um fyrir opinbera a\u00f0ila svo sem \u00ed skattam\u00e1lum, fiskvei\u00f0istj\u00f3rnun\u00a0 og \u00fe\u00f3 einkum \u00ed kosningam\u00e1lum.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g kynntist konuefni m\u00ednu, Helgu Ing\u00f3lfsd\u00f3ttur, strax vi\u00f0 fermingu og vi\u00f0 felldum hugi saman \u00feegar \u00e1 menntask\u00f3la\u00e1runum. Vi\u00f0 vorum r\u00e9tt r\u00famlega tv\u00edtug \u00feegar vi\u00f0 giftumst og h\u00e9ldum beina lei\u00f0 til \u00de\u00fdskalands, \u00e9g \u00ed st\u00e6r\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0in\u00e1m, h\u00fan \u00ed t\u00f3nlistarn\u00e1m. H\u00fan var fyrsti \u00cdslendingurinn til a\u00f0 l\u00e6ra \u00e1 sembal, sem er gamalt hlj\u00f3mbor\u00f0shlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri. \u00deegar heim kom bjuggum vi\u00f0 \u00e1 nokkrum st\u00f6\u00f0um \u00e1 h\u00f6fu\u00f0borgarsv\u00e6\u00f0inu en lengst af \u00e1 \u00c1lftanesi \u00fear sem \u00e9g b\u00fd enn. Helga l\u00e9st \u00ed okt\u00f3ber 2009 eftir langvinn veikindi. Okkur var ekki barna au\u00f0i\u00f0.<\/p>\n
A\u00f0al\u00e1hugam\u00e1l mitt er t\u00f3nlist, klass\u00edsk t\u00f3nlist; \u00e1 d\u00e6gurt\u00f3nlist hef \u00e9g l\u00edti\u00f0 vit! Helga, kona m\u00edn, stofna\u00f0i og veitti Sumart\u00f3nleikum \u00ed Sk\u00e1lholtskirkju forst\u00f6\u00f0u \u00ed 30 sumur. \u00c9g reyndi a\u00f0 vera henni til halds og traust \u00ed \u00feeim efnum. \u00c9g og fleiri sem komu a\u00f0 starfi Helgu hafa stofna\u00f0 um hana minningarsj\u00f3\u00f0 til styrktar drottningu listanna, t\u00f3nlistinni. \u00de\u00f3tt \u00e9g s\u00e9 ekki mennta\u00f0ur \u00ed t\u00f3nlist hef \u00e9g komi\u00f0 v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0 s\u00f6gu \u00ed t\u00f3nlistarm\u00e1lum og var t.d. stj\u00f3rnarforma\u00f0ur Sinf\u00f3n\u00eduhlj\u00f3msveitar \u00cdslands um \u00e1tta \u00e1ra skei\u00f0.<\/p>\n
N\u00fa sit \u00e9g sem ekkjuma\u00f0ur \u00e1 \u00c1lftanesi, vi\u00f0 g\u00f3\u00f0a heilsu, \u00feannig a\u00f0 \u00e9g get einhent m\u00e9r \u00ed \u00fea\u00f0 vi\u00f0fangsefni sem \u00e9g hefur lengi veri\u00f0 m\u00e9r hugleiki\u00f0, a\u00f0 vinna me\u00f0 g\u00f3\u00f0u f\u00f3lki a\u00f0 b\u00e6ttum grundvelli undir tilvist \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0arinnar, stj\u00f3rnarskr\u00e1 fyrir l\u00fd\u00f0veldi\u00f0. Vi\u00f0, l\u00fd\u00f0veldisb\u00f6rnin, skuldum \u00fea\u00f0 \u00feeim sem landi\u00f0 erfa.<\/p>\n
Starfinu \u00ed stj\u00f3rnlagar\u00e1\u00f0i lauk formlega \u00ed lok j\u00fal\u00ed 2011, en n\u00fa tekur vi\u00f0 eftirfylgni m\u00e1lsins! \u00c9g sit \u00fev\u00ed vi\u00f0 skriftir! Vi\u00f0 ver\u00f0um a\u00f0 f\u00e1 endurb\u00e6tta stj\u00f3rnarskr\u00e1.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g hef kynnst \u00fe\u00fdskri konu, Henriettu Griebel sem hefur misst maka sinn eins og \u00e9g. Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum fellt hugi saman og fr\u00e1 sumrinu 2011 h\u00f6fum vi\u00f0 b\u00fai\u00f0 \u00fdmist \u00ed M\u00fcnchen e\u00f0a \u00e1 \u00c1lftanesi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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