What is recorded here
This bronze commemorative plaque records: The Icelandic national anthem "Ó Guð vors lands" by the composer Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson and the poet Matthías Jochumsson was written and composed in this house in 1874
Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson and Matthías Jochumsson created Iceland's national anthem "Ó Guð vors lands," symbolizing Icelandic cultural identity and nationalism.
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