As the Icelandic nation holds its breath, wondering whether a volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula, Southwest Iceland, is imminent, you can watch Keilir and Fagradalsfjall and the lava field in its vicinity live.
Memorial to Rise of First Black Settler in Iceland From Djúpivogur, the East Fjords. mbl.is/Sigurður Bogi Vala Hafstað
The government allocated ISK 3 million (USD 24,000; EUR 20,000) to Múlaþing district toward the purchase the work Frelsi, or ‘Freedom,’ by Sigurður Guðmundsson. The memorial will be installed in Djúpivogur, the East Fjords, where Hans Jónatan lived.
Hans Jónatan was born into slavery in 1784 on the island of St Croix, which was a Danish colony at the time and part of the Danish West Indies. His mother was a black slave and his father a Caucasian. At the age of 12, he moved to his master’s home in Denmark. He ended up enlisting in the navy and later declared himself a free man. He subsequently became the subject of a most notorious slavery case, which he lost.
As the Icelandic nation holds its breath, wondering whether a volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula, Southwest Iceland, is imminent, you can watch Keilir and Fagradalsfjall and the lava field in its vicinity live.