Famous People with Name Olafur

Ólafur Þórðarson            Origin/Culture/Country: Norse

Ólafur Þórðarson: is an Icelandic football goalkeeper who currently plays for Ipswich Town.He signed a two-year Academy scholarship in April 2005, Pétursson is considered the most promising keeper in the Nordic countries and had interested a number of English clubs prior to signing for Ipswich and spent time on trial at Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier in the 2004/05 season.

Ólafur Davíð Jóhannesson            Origin/Culture/Country: Norse

Ólafur Davíð Jóhannesson: is a former Icelandic footballer, who played as a midfielder.Þórðarson made his debut for Iceland in 1984 and went on to collect 72 caps, scoring 5 goals[1]. He played his last international match in a November 1996 World Cup qualifying match against Ireland.

Ólafur Ingi Skúlason            Origin/Culture/Country: Norse

Ólafur Ingi Skúlason: is a Icelandic football manager and former player, currently managing the Icelandic national team.Ólafur Jóhannesson managed FH a total of three times, the most recent and successful between the years 2002 and 2008.Next season he did even better and made them champions and secured a place in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League. Jóhannesson won 2 more championship in the years 2005 and 2006 and winning the first VISA-cup in the history of FH in 2007.

Ólafur Örn Bjarnason            Origin/Culture/Country: Norse

Ólafur Örn Bjarnason: is an Icelandic footballer who currently plays for KR Reykjavík. His position is midfielder. He has two brothers who have also played professional football, Þórður and Jóhannes. They played all three together at Genk. He is also the son of former footballer and now manager Guðjón Þórðarson.

Olafur Eliasson            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Olafur Eliasson: is a Danish-Icelandic artist. In 1995 he established Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, a laboratory for spatial research. Eliasson represented Denmark at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003 and later that year installed The Weather Project in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern, London.