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Upcoming Events Saturday, November 22nd at 2:00 pm - SeattleReykjavik Sister City is sponsoring an afternoon with Icelandic author and civil engineer Yrsa Sigurdardottir at the Calvary Lutheran Church. Yrsa is a popular author in Iceland, she started writing children’s books in 1998 and crime novels in 2005. Yrsa’s crime novels have been translated into several languages and are available in English on Amazon.com (Vilborg) Yrsa Sigurðardóttir was born in Reykjavík on August 24th, 1963. She graduated from high-school in 1983, finished a B.Sc. degree in civil engineering from the University of Iceland in 1988 and M.Sc. degree in the same field from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada in 1997. Yrsa works as a civil engineer for the engineering-company Fjarhitun, as well as being a writer. Iceland has been among the leading countries in the exploration, development and use of geothermal resources during the last decades. Fjarhitun has played a pioneering role in this work. Fjarhitun provides general and specialized consulting engineering services in the field of civil, structural and mechanical engineering. From the beginning the company's main activities were focused on district heating and utilization of geothermal energy and Fjarhitun grew to be the largest engineering consultancy company in Iceland in these fields. The company's experience spans more than 40 years. Fjarhitun employs sophisticated computer software for dimensioning and analyzing supply and transmission pipelines and distribution networks. |
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