Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson's lyrics & chords

Born in 1924, Sveinbjörn was a farmer and a poet at Svíndalu, and was to become head of the Ásatrú religion in Iceland, which honoured the old gods—the Æsir. He was the leading exponent of the chanted rímur style of reciting the Icelandic Eddas, and was a hugely important figure in the rebirth of what is often known in the West as Odinism. He died in 1993. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply....read more