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Guttormur Guttormsson’s writing desk

Wooden roll-top desk with a glass display case showing medals, certificates, and documents. Above it hangs a framed painting of a white two-story house with trees in the background. A label reads G.J. Guttormsson Collection.

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

Guttormur Guttormsson’s writing desk in the Iceland Reading Room at the University of Manitoba. Several honours he received sit on the desk under glass. The painting above the desk depicts Guttormur’s home, Víðivellir, in Riverton, Manitoba.