Orri Vigfússon (10 July 1942[1] – 1 July 2017)[2] was an Icelandic entrepreneur and environmentalist. His stated objective was to "restore the abundance of wild salmon that formerly existed on both sides of the North Atlantic".[3]
In 2004 Time magazine named Orri a "European Hero".[4] He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2007 for his efforts on saving endangered species.[3][5] In 2008, he was elected as a Senior Global Fellow to the Ashoka Fellowship.[6]
orri, vigfússon, this, icelandic, name, last, name, patronymic, family, name, this, person, referred, given, name, orri, july, 1942, july, 2017, icelandic, entrepreneur, environmentalist, stated, objective, restore, abundance, wild, salmon, that, formerly, exi. This is an Icelandic name The last name is patronymic not a family name this person is referred to by the given name Orri Orri Vigfusson 10 July 1942 1 1 July 2017 2 was an Icelandic entrepreneur and environmentalist His stated objective was to restore the abundance of wild salmon that formerly existed on both sides of the North Atlantic 3 Orri Vigfusson source source source source source Orri in conversation with Silver Donald Cameron about his workBorn 1942 07 10 10 July 1942Died1 July 2017 2017 07 01 aged 74 Reykjavik IcelandOccupation s Entrepreneur and environmentalistAwardsGoldman Environmental Prize In 2004 Time magazine named Orri a European Hero 4 He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2007 for his efforts on saving endangered species 3 5 In 2008 he was elected as a Senior Global Fellow to the Ashoka Fellowship 6 Orri died on 1 July 2017 in Reykjavik of lung cancer at the age of 74 7 2 Mark Kurlansky dedicated his 2020 book Salmon to the memory of Orri Vigfusson 8 References edit Iceland Review 1995 a b Orri Vigfusson The world loses the great salmon champion Fish and Fly July 3 2017 a b Goldman Environmental Prize 2007 Orri Vigfusson Archived 2007 10 25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2007 10 25 Saving the Wild Salmon Time Europe magazine 11 October 2004 Archived from the original on October 11 2004 Salmon campaigner lands top award BBC News Sunday 22 April 2007 Retrieved on March 26 2008 Orri Vigfusson Ashoka Fellow Retrieved 2014 10 21 Orri Vigfusson er latinn Visir visir is Kurlansky Mark 2020 Salmon A Fish the Earth and the History of Their Common Fate Patagonia p 3 ISBN 978 1 938340 86 4 nbsp This biographical article about an Icelandic activist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an environmental activist or conservationist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Orri Vigfusson amp oldid 1217246570, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
