Arnór Hannibalsson

Arnór Hannibalsson (1934 – 28 December 2012) was an Icelandic philosopher, historian, and translator. He held the position of professor of philosophy at the University of Iceland. Hannibalsson earned a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Moscow and a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. His primary areas of philosophical interest and work included aesthetics, general philosophy, history, and epistemology. In 1975, he translated Roman Ingarden's "On the Motives which led Husserl to Transcendental Idealism" from Polish into Icelandic. He also authored academic articles, including "Icelandic Historical Science in the Postwar Period, 1944-1957." Hannibalsson was known for his strong anti-Communist stance and expressed significant criticism of Icelandic socialists in his book "Moskvulínan: Kommúnistaflokkur Íslands og Komintern, Halldór Laxness og Sovétríkin" (1999/2000). He was the son of Hannibal Valdimarsson, a former minister, and was the father of several sons and one daughter, Thora Arnorsdottir. He passed away on 28 December 2012.