Tag: Freyja

  • “Consequences” new book by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

    “Consequences” new book by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

    Huldar, Freyja and Erla (heavily pregnant) face another challenge. The police find a dismembered corpse in the car. The horror is complemented by the fact that the head of the murdered person is missing. Who could have acted so brutally and what was their motive? Who is the victim? Investigators follow the trail of the…

  • The Greenlandic fishing vessel ran aground

    The Greenlandic fishing vessel ran aground

    As reported by mbl.is, Freyja, the newest vessel of the Icelandic Coast Guard, came to the rescue of Greenlandic fishing vessel Masilik when the latter ran aground 500 meters offshore at Gerðistangi in the Reykjanes Peninsula the penultimate night. Gerðistangi is located on the northern side of the peninsula, east of Keflavík. Freyja and the…

  • Freya with Francisco in the hall

    Freya with Francisco in the hall

    The patrol vessel Freyja is towing the freighter Francisco to Akureyri. Francisca is a Dutch shipowner’s ship with a gross tonnage of 4015 tons and a length of almost 100 m, built in 1997. Due to its failure, the Coast Guard was contacted. As stated in the Coast Guard release, she will tow the ship…

  • The Coast Guard has a new patrol vessel

    After ten years, the Icelandic Coast Guard has expanded its fleet with the new Freyja patrol vessel. Coast Guard Director Georg Kr. Lárusson, said the new patrol vessel is a turning point in the history of the Coast Guard and in its security efforts in the Arctic. Freyja sailed from Rotterdam last Tuesday, and to…

  • Prosecution: Parting murder must cost 51 years in prison

    The indictment, which Ritzau has seen, states that the prosecution will file a life sentence. If the court in Aarhus can not agree to that punishment, he should be sentenced to detention, you can read. The 51-year-old is expected to confess to the murder of Freyja Egilsdottir Mogensen at a court hearing on November 24.…

  • Man convicted of murder is charged with new murder of a woman

    This is what the East Jutland Police informs on Monday. According to the indictment, the 51-year-old Freyja Egilsdottir Mogensen strangled and subsequently dismembered the body. Attempts were made to store the body parts in the house and garden in Malling south of Aarhus. – The 51-year-old admitted in the constitutional hearing the murder, and my…

  • Denmark – a man admits to murdering an Icelandic woman

    Denmark – a man admits to murdering an Icelandic woman

    A 51-year-old man confessed to the murder of a woman he reported missing last Thursday. The victim, Freyja Egilsdóttir Mogensen, lived in Denmark for many years and started a family there. The Danish daily Jyllands-Posten reports that the 43-year-old woman had blocked airways before her death. Her body was then cut with a saw, and…

  • From Iceland – The cat Gunnlaugur goes on a magnificent adventure!

    From Iceland – The cat Gunnlaugur goes on a magnificent adventure!

    A pet cat has returned home safe and sound after being lost four months ago, Indicator reports. Gunnlaugur, who lives near Hofós, was found yesterday, in Varmahlíð, Skagafjörður – about 50 kilometers from his home. Freyja’s girlfriend Amble Gísladóttir has owned Gunnlaug for eight years. In an interview, Freyja said that the cat got lost…