Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran
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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Einar.
The last name Hjörleifsson is an Icelandic patronymic in this case. However, Kvaran, the ultimate last name of the subject of this entry, is not a patronymic but is instead a special family name, as noted below.
Einar Gísli Hjörleifsson Kvaran[1] (6 December 1859 in Vallanes, Iceland as Einar Hjörleifsson – 21 May 1938 in Reykjavík) was an Icelandic editor, novelist, poet, playwright and prominent spiritualist.