Sveinbjorn Beinteinsson was an Icelandic religious leader and singer of rimur who was instrumental in gaining the Icelandic government's recognition of pre-Christian Heathenry in the country. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Sveinbjorn Beinteinsson founded Asatruarfelagid in Iceland in 1972 and served as its first Allsherjargodi.
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Sveinbjörn lived his entire life in West Iceland Borgarfjörður.
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was an Icelandic religious leader and singer of rímur who was instrumental in gaining the Icelandic government's recognition of pre-Christian Heathenry in the country.
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Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson (4 July 1924-23 December 1993) was an Icelandic religious leader and singer of rímur who was instrumental in gaining the Icelandic government's recognition of pre-Christian Heathenry in the country.
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