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Emigration Contract for Passage from Iceland to North America

A yellowed historical document written in Icelandic and English, titled “Samningur” (Contract), outlining emigration terms from Iceland to North America. The contract lists Sveinn Brynjólfsson and family members, showing columns for names, ages, and travel costs. The text includes legal clauses and signatures, with a Dominion Line header and handwritten notes along the edges.

Image courtesy of the Icelandic Special Collections, University of Manitoba Libraries

This emigration contract, dated 1876, records an agreement between emigration agent Sveinn Brynjólfsson of Vopnafjörður and a family of five emigrants departing Iceland for North America via the Dominion Line.