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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is referred to by the first name Steindór.

Steindór Andersen (2 September 1954 – 12 April 2025) was an Icelandic musician.

Steindór was noted for his rímur chanting and was most widely known for his collaborations with the band Sigur Rós. Other collaborations include with Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson and rapper Erpur Eyvindarson.

Background

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Steindór also worked as a fisherman and was the chairman of Iðunn a poetic society.[1] [2] He died on 12 April 2025, at the age of 70.[3]

Discography

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Appearances

After the Folk Music Festival in Siglufjörður, July 2007, where Steindór was a regular guest, another guest musician at the festival, Evan Harlan of the group Andromeda, impressed with Steindór's chanting of the rímur, composed the piece "Steindór Gets the Blues". The music was premiered in Boston, the home of the Icelandic-American group, later the same month.

Steindór also appears on Sigur Rós's 2007 DVD release, Heima, performing "Hugann seiða svalli frá" from Rímur.[4]

Filmography

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Notes

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  1. ^ Rímur sleeve notes
  2. ^ Gríðarlegur fjársjóður nú aðgengilegur almenningi Morgunblaðið, 14 September 2004
  3. ^ Steindór Andersen (in Icelandic)
  4. ^ "sigur rós - discography » heima". sigur-ros.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
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Steindór

Steindór is an Icelandic masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: Steindór Andersen (born 1954), Icelandic musician Jón Steindór Valdimarsson

Sigur Rós

with an Icelandic fisherman named Steindór Andersen. The EP contains six songs, all of which feature Steindór Andersen reciting traditional Icelandic rímur

Odin's Raven Magic

composition was a collaboration by Sigur Rós, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Steindór Andersen, Páll Guðmundsson and Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir. It was premiered

Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson

with various musicians, such as Psychic TV, Current 93, Sigur Rós, Steindór Andersen and Eivør Pálsdóttir. From 1972 to 1975 he was playing drums in a

Rímur (album)

a limited EP record released independently by Sigur Rós featuring Steindór Andersen performing rímur. It was sold during the band's spring 2001 tour.

Deaths in April 2025

politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (2019–2021). Steindór Andersen, 70, Icelandic musician (Rímur). Roy Thomas Baker, 78, English record

Sigur Rós discography

Retrieved 13 February 2009. A collaboration with Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Steindór Andersen, Páll Guðmundsson and Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir. "Gold & Platinum

Beowulf & Grendel

as Erik Gunnar Hansson as Grímur Benedikt Clausen as Selma's Child Steindór Andersen as Snorri Matt John Evans as Geat Warrior #1 Jon Gustafsson as Geat