NMLP P-010948 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Independent People (Sjálfstætt fólk)

Halldór Laxness · Reykjavík (Icelandic first edition, 1934-1935) · 1934

The Icelandic original is the true first (two parts, 1934 and 1935). The first English edition (US Knopf, 1946, translated by J. A. Thompson) is the English first thus and the most-collected by Western buyers.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-010948 for "Independent People (Sjálfstætt fólk)" by Halldór Laxness (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-010948, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).