Örlygur Hnefill Örlygsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Örlygur Hnefill.
Örlygur Hnefill Örlygsson

Örlygur Hnefill wearing a replica of the Apollo spacesuit at The Exploration Museum.
Born (1983-10-23) October 23, 1983
Húsavík, Iceland
Nationality Icelandic
Occupation Museum director
Hotel manager
Spouse(s) Jóhanna Ásdís Baldursdóttir
Children 1
Parent(s)

Örlygur Hnefill Örlygsson (born 23 October 1983) is the manager of Húsavík Cape Hotel, chairman of the Húsavík Chamber of Commerce and founder of The Exploration Museum in Húsavík, North Iceland.[1][2][3]

From 2007 to 2009, Örlygur served as the parliamentary assistant to Einar Már Sigurðarson, member of Althing for Northeast Constituency.[4] In 2014, he was elected to the town council of Norðurþing municipality in northern Iceland.

In 2015, he led an expedition with Apollo astronauts Walter Cunningham, Rusty Schweikart and Harrison Schmitt, as well as the family of Neil Armstrong, to the new lava of Holuhraun, created by fissure eruptions in 2014 and 2015.[5] During a press conference at The Exploration Museum in November 2015, Örlygur announced the museum's plan to build a full size replica of the Apollo Lunar Module to unveil in 2019, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first manned flight of a Lunar Module on Apollo 9 and the first landing of a Lunar Module on the moon on Apollo 11.[6]

Örlygur is the son of Icelandic politician Valgerður Gunnarsdóttir, and the grandson of author and folklorist Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson.[7]


References

  1. ↑ "Neues Museum zur Erforschung der Geschichte (in German)". Iceland Review. Iceland. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Statue Of Neil Armstrong To Be Erected In Húsavík". Reykjavík Grapevine. Iceland. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "New hotels being built in North Iceland (in Icelandic)". RÚV. Iceland. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Aðstoðarmenn þingmanna (in Icelandic)". Althingi, the Parliament of Iceland. Iceland. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Apollo astronauts revisit training area in Iceland and explore a new lava flow". The Exploration Museum. Iceland. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "A replica of the Apollo 11 lunar module to be built in the town of Húsavík, North Iceland". Iceland Magazine. Iceland. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Valgerður Gunnarsdóttir Parliamentary Profile". The Parliament of Iceland. Iceland. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
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