Jens Guðjónsson - Iceland

[fionaess]

Hi
I have a very organic 'cake slice'? in sterling marked 925S Jens Iceland. His dates are 1920 - 2010, but I can find nothing about this Icelandic silversmith. Does anyone know anything about him. I can take a pic of the item and hallmarks if anyone is interested.

[dognose]

Hi,

Yes, some images of the piece and the marks would be very helpful.

Trev.

[fionaess]

Hi,

Yes, some images of the piece and the marks would be very helpful.

Trev.

Ok - will do Trev - just got to charge up the battery :)

[dognose]

Jens Peter Clausen Guðjónsson was born on the 21st July 1920, he was the son of Hansína Magnúsdóttir (b.1-4-1895,d.3-8-1971) and Guðjón Jónsson (b.29-9-1876,d.11-10-1937). He married on New Years Eve 1953 to Ingibjörgu Ólafsdóttur. Jens died in Reykjavik on the 9th March 2010, aged 89 years of age.

Jens trained as a goldsmith under his uncle, Guðlaugi Magnússyni, and then studied gold and silversmithing at the University of Denmark for two years (1957-1959) to gain experience. He returned to Reykjavik and started his business in 1966, and soon became very popular with his innovative designs. He was still working at the age of 84 years.

His daughter, Hansa, is also a goldsmith.

Links to newspaper articles regarding Jens Guðjónsson:

http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3230060
http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3296878

The business continues and is now in the hands of a former apprentice of Jens, Jón Snorri Sigurðsson.

Trev.

[fionaess]

Photos as promised

[fionaess]

Fascinating information Trev and thank you - how lovely to be able to actually see a pic of the man that made my slice .

[dognose]

Link that contains a more up-to-date image of Jens Guðjónsson:

http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2010/ ... ur_latinn/

Trev.