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Icelandic-Canadian clergy and community leaders

Black-and-white photograph of a group of 30 men posed in three rows, wearing formal 19th-century suits. Some men are seated cross-legged on the floor in the front row, others are seated on chairs in the middle, and the back row stands. Most have mustaches or beards, and their expressions are serious. Below the image is a caption in Icelandic listing the names of all the individuals in the photograph, including Fr. J. Bergmann, St. G. Stephanson, and Ólafur Guðmundsson. The background features a plain curtain.

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A group portrait of Icelandic-Canadian clergy and community leaders published in the June, 1935, issue of Sameiningin. The caption lists the names of the men in the photo.

The names, listed row by row from back to front, are:

Back row:
Fr. J. Bergmann, E. H. Bergmann, J. Hall, B. Jónsson, P. S. Bardal, B. Pétursson, J. Stefánsson, Ben. Pétursson, St. G. Stephansson, B. L. Baldvinsson.

Middle row:
Magnús Paulson, Fr. Friðriksson, séra Jón Bjarnason, Árni Friðriksson, Gísli Jónsson, Þorl. G. Jónsson, Sigurður Jósúa Björnsson.

Front row:
Kristján Kjærnesteð, Fr. Jónsson, Guðm. Björnsson, Jón Ólafsson, Þorsteinn Jóhannesson, Ólafur Guðmundsson.