\u00de\u00f3r\u00f0ur Helgason bj\u00f3 til prentunar, rita\u00f0i form\u00e1la og samdi sk\u00fdringar. B\u00f3kin kom fyrst \u00fat \u00e1ri\u00f0 1902. Verkefni fylgja hverjum b\u00f3karkafla auk lokaverkefna aftast \u00ed b\u00f3kinni.<\/p>\n
J\u00f3n Stef\u00e1nsson f\u00e6ddist 2. j\u00fan\u00ed 1851 a\u00f0 Sk\u00fatust\u00f6\u00f0um \u00ed M\u00fdvatnssveit. Hann missti m\u00f3\u00f0ur s\u00edna n\u00edu \u00e1ra gamall og fa\u00f0ir hans drukkna\u00f0i 1868. N\u00e6stu \u00e1rin var J\u00f3n vinnuma\u00f0ur \u00e1 \u00fdmsum b\u00e6jum \u00ed sveitinni, \u00fear af eitt sumar \u00ed H\u00fanavatnss\u00fdslu. Hluta \u00far vetri var hann vi\u00f0 n\u00e1m hj\u00e1 prestinum a\u00f0 Skinnasta\u00f0 \u00ed \u00d6xarfir\u00f0i. \u00d6\u00f0ru n\u00e1mi \u00e1tti hann ekki kost \u00e1. A\u00f0 \u00feessu fr\u00e1t\u00f6ldu \u00f3l hann allan aldur sinn \u00ed M\u00fdvatnssveit \u00fear sem hann bj\u00f3 lengst af \u00e1 b\u00e6num Litlustr\u00f6nd \u00e1samt konu sinni Jakob\u00ednu P\u00e9tursd\u00f3ttur og tveimur d\u00e6trum. Hreppstj\u00f3ri var\u00f0 J\u00f3n 1889. Hann l\u00e9st \u00e1ri\u00f0 1915.<\/p>\n
Hugur J\u00f3ns st\u00f3\u00f0 til ritstarfa sem hann gat \u00fe\u00f3 n\u00e6r einungis sinnt a\u00f0 loknum l\u00f6ngum vinnudagi. Upp vi\u00f0 fossa er hans veigamesta saga. H\u00fan var gefin \u00fat 1902 og ver\u00f0ur a\u00f0 teljast merkur \u00e1fangi \u00ed \u00fer\u00f3un \u00edslenskrar sk\u00e1ldsagnager\u00f0ar \u2013 er fyrsta nat\u00faral\u00edska sk\u00e1ldsagan sem ritu\u00f0 var h\u00e9r \u00e1 landi. Sagan er um \u00e1stina og \u00f3skora\u00f0an r\u00e9tt hennar til a\u00f0 f\u00e1 a\u00f0 nj\u00f3ta s\u00edn \u2013 s\u00e9 henni s\u00fdnd s\u00fa vir\u00f0ing a\u00f0 fela hana ekki bak vi\u00f0 leynd og lygi. Miki\u00f0 var um s\u00f6guna r\u00e6tt og rita\u00f0 \u00e1 s\u00ednum t\u00edma og var komist svo a\u00f0 or\u00f0i a\u00f0 l\u00edklega hef\u00f0i \u201ealdrei \u2026 or\u00f0i\u00f0 sl\u00edkur \u00falfa\u00feytur um nokkra b\u00f3k \u00e1 landi h\u00e9r\u201c.<\/p>\n