Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson

Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson (28 June 1955 – 21 November 2008) was a Norwegian poet, children's writer and translator, of Icelandic citizenship (Icelandic name Jón Sveinbjörn Pétursson), born and raised in Norway.

He made his literary debut in 1973 with the poetry collection ''Manus''. Among his children's books are ''Pelle Parafins Bøljeband: Serum, serum'' (1981) and ''Håkon Håkonsson'' (1990). Jónsson was part of the poetic activist group "Stuntpoetene" during the 1980s, along with Karin Moe, Triztán Vindtorn, Arne Ruste, Thorvald Steen, Erling Kittelsen, Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen and others. He died in November 2008. Provided by Wikipedia