Guðmundur Kjærnested

Cdr. Guðmundur H. H. Kjærnested
Born	(1923-06-29)June 29, 1923
Died	September 2, 2005(2005-09-02) (aged 82)
Place of birth	Hafnarfjörður, Kingdom of Iceland
Place of death	Reykjavík, Republic of Iceland
Allegiance	Iceland
Service/branch	Icelandic Coast Guard
Years of service	1940–1984
Rank	Commander
Commands held	ICGV Týr ICGV Ægir
Battles/wars	First Cod War Second Cod War Third Cod War
Awards	Cross of Grand Knight of the Order of the Falcon (Iceland) Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark) Knight of the Order of St. Olav (Norway)

This article is about the Icelandic commander. For the American co-founder of a shipping company, see TransAtlantic Lines.

Cdr. Guðmundur Kjærnested was born Guðmundur Hjaltason Halldórsson Kjærnested in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland on 29 June 1923. Cdr. Kjærnested was a commander in the Icelandic Coast Guard and took part in all three Anglo-Icelandic Cod Wars; he is most famous for being the commander of ICGV Týr and for his achievements while protecting disputed changes to Icelandic territorial waters from the Royal Navy and British trawlers during the Cod Wars. Guðmundur died on 2 September 2005. He is regarded as a national hero and a true patriot in Iceland.

HonoursEdit

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National HonoursEdit

• Knight of the Order of the Falcon (17 June 1976) ^[1]
• Grand Knight (Commander) of the Order of the Falcon (17 June 1984) ^[1]

Foreign HonoursEdit

•  Denmark : Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
•  Norway : Knight of the Order of St. Olav

ReferencesEdit

• Guðmundur Kjærnested obituary (Icelandic)