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Margrét Tryggvadóttir

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in Reykjavík, Iceland

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Astrid Lindgren

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Bókmenntafræðingur, barnabókahöfundur, textasmiður og þýðandi og stundum stjórnmálamaður.

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	Sterk 3.67 avg rating — 113 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Here is Iceland! by Margrét Tryggvadóttir (Goodreads Author), Linda Ólafsdóttir (illustr.) 4.74 avg rating — 43 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stolt 3.67 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Útistöður 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kjarval - Málarinn sem fór sínar eigin leiðir it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reykjavík barnanna by Margrét Tryggvadóttir (Goodreads Author), Linda Olafsdottir (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drekinn sem varð bálreiður by Margrét Tryggvadóttir (Goodreads Author), Halldór Baldursson (illustrator) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Einar, Anna og safnið sem var bannað börnum by Margrét Tryggvadóttir (Goodreads Author), Linda Olafsdottir (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sagan af undurfögru prinsessunni og hugrakka prinsinum hennar by Margrét Tryggvadóttir (Goodreads Author), Halldór Baldursson (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Íslensk myndlist og fólkið sem ruddi brautina 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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