Guðbrandur Þorláksson

Guðbrandur Þorláksson or Gudbrandur Thorlaksson (1541 – July 20, 1627) was a mathematician, cartographer and bishop in Hólar, Iceland. He studied at the cathedral school at Hólar and the University of Copenhagen, and was successively rector of the school at Skálholt, minister at Breiðabólstaður and bishop of Hólar until his death on July 20, 1627.

He edited and published at least 80 books while he was bishop, including the Bible in Icelandic and the Icelandic Lawbook or legal code. He is also noted for having drawn the first good map of Iceland, in 1590.

He had at least one child, a daughter named Steinunn, born in 1571 to Guðrún Gísladóttir.

He is pictured on the now obsolete Icelandic 50 króna banknote.

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* Encyclopædia Britannica, 1979, Thorláksson, Gudbrandur