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Books:<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

Moving Workers: Historical Perspectives on Labour, Coercion and Im\/Mobilities<\/em><\/a>. Eds. Claudia Bernardi, Viola Franziska M\u00fcller, Biljana Stojic and Vilhelm Vilhelmsson. Work in Global and Historical Perspective 19. Series editors: Andreas Eckert<\/span>,\u00a0Sidney Chalhoub<\/span>,\u00a0Mahua Sarkar<\/span>,\u00a0Dmitri van den Bersselaar<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0Christian G. De Vito. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2023. OPEN ACCESS.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vilhelm Vilhelmsson, Sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6tt f\u00f3lk. Vistarband og \u00edslenskt samf\u00e9lag \u00e1 19. \u00f6ld<\/em><\/a> [Independent people. Compulsory service and Icelandic society in the 19th<\/sup> century]. Reykjav\u00edk: S\u00f6guf\u00e9lag, 2017<\/p>\n

- Nominated for the Icelandic Literature Prize 2017 in the category of non-fiction<\/p>\n

- Nominated for the Hag\u00feenkir prize 2017 for outstanding academic books<\/p>\n

- Nominated for the DV Cultural Prize 2017 in the category of academic books<\/p>\n

Sakir \u00fatklj\u00e1\u00f0ar. S\u00e1ttab\u00f3k Mi\u00f0fjar\u00f0arumd\u00e6mis \u00ed H\u00fanavatnss\u00fdslu 1799\u2012186<\/a>5<\/em> [Disagreements resolved. Proceedings of the Mi\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0ur arbitration committee 1799\u20121865]. Compiled, edited and with introduction by Vilhelm Vilhelmsson. Anthology for Icelandic Popular Culture 21. Series editors: Sigur\u00f0ur Gylfi Magn\u00fasson, M\u00e1r J\u00f3nsson and Dav\u00ed\u00f0 \u00d3lafsson. Reykjav\u00edk: H\u00e1sk\u00f3la\u00fatg\u00e1fan, 2017<\/p>\n

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Peer-reviewed articles and book chapters:<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

- 2025. \"We All Deserve to Live. Peasant Attitudes and Vagrant Survival Tactics in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Iceland\", Annali dell\u2019Istituto storico italo-germanico in Trento<\/em> 51:2, pp. 53\u201268.<\/p>\n

- 2025. (with Harpa R\u00fan \u00c1smundsd\u00f3ttir and \u00c1sa Ester Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir), \u201cS\u00e1ttanefndir og st\u00f6rf \u00feeirra \u00e1 \u00cdslandi, 1798\u20121936\u201d [Arbitration courts in Iceland, 1798 to 1936], Saga<\/em> LXIII:2, pp. 141\u2012168.<\/p>\n

- 2023. (with Claudia Bernardi, Viola Franziska M\u00fcller and Biljana Stojic) \"Introduction: Moving Workers in History.\" In Claudia Bernardi, Viola Franziska M\u00fcller, Biljana Stojic and Vilhelm Vilhelmsson (eds.), Moving Workers: Historical Perspectives on Labour, Coercion and Im\/Mobilities<\/em>. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2023, pp. 1-13. Open Access: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/9783111137155-001<\/a><\/p>\n

- 2023. (with Emil Gunnlaugsson) \"Passports, Permits and Labour Im\/mobility in Iceland, 1780s-1860s.\" In Claudia Bernardi, Viola Franziska M\u00fcller, Biljana Stojic and Vilhelm Vilhelmsson (eds.), Moving Workers: Historical Perspectives on Labour, Coercion and Im\/Mobilities<\/em>. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2023, pp. 87-111. Open Access: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/9783111137155-005<\/a><\/p>\n

- 2023. (with Johan Heinsen and Hanne \u00d8sthus) \"Labour and coercion in the Nordic region in the early modern period: connections, ambiguities, practices\", Scandinavian Journal of History <\/em>48, no. 5 (2023): 551-571. Open Access: \u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/03468755.2023.2218848<\/a><\/p>\n

- 2023. (with Nina Trige Andersen, Ragnhei\u00f0ur Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttir, Silke Neunsinger, Pete Pesonen and Hanne \u00d8sthus) \"Longer, broader, deeper, and more personal \u2013 the renewal of labour history in the Nordic countries\", Scandinavian Economic History Review<\/em> Online pre-publication. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/03585522.2023.2193193<\/p>\n

- 2023. \"Contested Households: Lodgers, Labour, and the Law in Rural Iceland in the Early Nineteenth Century\", Scandinavian Journal of History <\/em>48, no. 5 (2023): 572-592. Online limited access:\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/03468755.2023.2197916<\/a><\/p>\n

- 2023. \"The Moral Economy of Compulsory Service: Labour Regulations in Law and Practice in Nineteenth-Century Iceland.\" In Jane Whittle and Thijs Lambrecht (eds.), Labour Laws in Preindustrial Europe: The Coercion and Regulation of Wage Labour, c. 1350-1850<\/em>.\u00a0 Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, pp. 227-245. Open Access: https:\/\/openaccess.boydellandbrewercms.com\/publications\/-256957\/labour-laws-in-preindustrial-europe?configid=200018<\/a><\/p>\n

- 2023. \"Acculturation on their Own Terms: The Social Networks of Political Radicals among Icelandic Immigrants in Canada in the Early Twentieth Century.\" In H\u00f6skuldur \u00der\u00e1insson, Birna Arnbj\u00f6rnsd\u00f3ttir and \u00dalfar Bragason (eds.), Icelandic Heritage in North America<\/em>. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, pp. 69-88.<\/p>\n

-2022. \"Proving Their Worth: Icelanders and the Winnipeg Labour Movement, 1890-1900.\" In Gerd Bjorhovde and Janne Korkka (eds.), Exploring Canada: Exploits and Encounters<\/em>. \u00c9tudes Canadiennes - Canadian Studies 36. Brussels: Peter Lang, pp. 237-256.<\/p>\n

-2021. (with Oddur Vilhelmsson), \"A\u00f0 l\u00e6ra af mist\u00f6kum annarra: Um mikilv\u00e6gi v\u00edsindas\u00f6gunnr vi\u00f0 h\u00f6nnun og framkv\u00e6md ranns\u00f3kna\" In Sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur Halld\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir (ed.), Ranns\u00f3knir: Handb\u00f3k \u00ed a\u00f0fer\u00f0afr\u00e6\u00f0i<\/em>. Akureyri: H\u00e1sk\u00f3linn \u00e1 Akureyri, pp. 51-66.<\/p>\n

- 2021. \"Fr\u00e1 b\u00fadr\u00fdgindum til marka\u00f0svei\u00f0a: Selvei\u00f0ar og selvei\u00f0ihlunnindi vi\u00f0 H\u00fanafl\u00f3a 1703-1918\" [Sealing and seal-hunting rights around H\u00fanafl\u00f3i bay, 1703-1918], Sk\u00edrnir<\/em> 195:1, pp. 158-192.<\/p>\n

- 2020. \"Tactics of Evasion: The Survival Strategies of Vagrants and Day Labourers in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Rural Iceland\", 1700-tal: Nordic Journal for Eighteenth Century Studies<\/em> 17 (2020): 34-56 DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7557\/4.5547<\/a><\/p>\n

- 2019. \u201cSi\u00f0spillandi l\u00f6gbrot: P\u00e1ll Briem og leysing vistarbands\u201d. In: Sverrir Jakobsson and Ragnhei\u00f0ur Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttir (eds.), Hugmyndaheimur P\u00e1ls Briem<\/em>. Reykjav\u00edk: H\u00e1sk\u00f3la\u00fatg\u00e1fan, pp. 165\u2013193.<\/p>\n

- 2018. \u201cJ\u00f3n \u00d3lafsson ritstj\u00f3ri og tilvistarkreppa frj\u00e1lslyndisstefnunnar um aldam\u00f3tin 1900\u201d [J\u00f3n \u00d3lafsson and the crisis of liberalism at the turn of the 19th<\/sup> century], Sk\u00edrnir<\/em> 192:2, pp. 449\u2012472.<\/p>\n

- 2018. \u201c\u00dej\u00f3\u00f0erni, hagsmunir og hugsj\u00f3nir \u00ed verkal\u00fd\u00f0shreyfingu \u00cdslendinga \u00ed Winnipeg 1890\u20121900\u201d [Nationality, interests and ideologies in the Icelandic labour movement in Winnipeg 1890\u20121900]. In: Birna Arnbj\u00f6rnsd\u00f3ttir et al (eds.), Sigurtunga. Vestur-\u00edslenskt m\u00e1l og menning<\/em>. Reykjav\u00edk: H\u00e1sk\u00f3la\u00fatg\u00e1fan, pp. 87\u2012104.<\/p>\n

- 2017. \u201cEtt normalt undantag? Tillf\u00e4lligt arbete i lag och praktik i 1800-talets Island\u201d, Arbetarhistoria<\/em> 41: 3\u20124, pp. 32\u201240.<\/p>\n

- 2017. (Co-authored with Gu\u00f0mundur H\u00e1lfdanarson) \u201cHistorische diskriminierungsforschung\u201d. In: A. Scherr, A. El-Mafaalani and E. G. Yuksel (eds.), Handbuch Diskriminierung<\/em>. Berlin: SpringerMeteor Verlag, pp. 25\u201237.<\/p>\n

- 2015. \u201cSt\u00edlf\u00e6rt og sett \u00ed samhengi: Um heimildargildi vitnisbur\u00f0a \u00ed r\u00e9ttarheimildum\u201d [Narrative and context in the (de-)construction of court testimony], Saga<\/em> LIII:1, pp. 15-45.<\/p>\n

- 2013. \u201cSkin og skuggar mannl\u00edfsins: Nokkur or\u00f0 um and\u00f3f, vald og \u00edslenska sagnritun\u201d, [The different shades of human existence: A few words on resistance, power and Icelandic historiography] Riti\u00f0<\/em> 13:3, pp. 7-26.<\/p>\n

- 2013. \u201c\u2019\u00dea\u00f0 gefur enginn m\u00e9r kredit.\u2019 Sigf\u00fas B. Benedictsson og vestur-\u00edslensk sagnritun\u201d, [\u2018Nobody gives me any credit\u2019: Sigf\u00fas B. Benedictsson and the historiography of Icelandic immigration in Canada] S\u00f6gu\u00feing 2012: R\u00e1\u00f0stefnurit<\/em>. Sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0istofnun, Reykjav\u00edk, [E-publication]. http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/1946\/15931<\/p>\n

- 2013. \u201cEignarhald og au\u00f0s\u00f6fnun vi\u00f0 Brei\u00f0afj\u00f6r\u00f0 fr\u00e1 si\u00f0askiptum til st\u00f3rub\u00f3lu\u201d, [Land ownership and wealth accumulation around Breidafjordur from the Reformation to 1709] Vefnir<\/em> 9, pp. 1-21.<\/p>\n

- 2012. \u00a0\u201c\u2019\u00c1n\u00e6gja me\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 sem er \u2013 i\u00f0 gamla, er andlegur dau\u00f0i\u2019. Af hugmyndum og f\u00e9lagsskap \u00edslenskra r\u00f3tt\u00e6klinga \u00ed Manitoba vi\u00f0 upphaf 20. aldar\u201d, [Ideology and social interaction of radical Icelandic immigrants to Manitoba during the early 20th century] Saga<\/em> L:2, pp. 34-69.<\/p>\n

- 2011. \u00a0\u201c\u2019Lausl\u00e6ti\u00f0 \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk.\u2019 Umr\u00e6\u00f0ur um si\u00f0fer\u00f0i, kynfrelsi og frj\u00e1lsar \u00e1stir \u00e1 \u00cdslandi vi\u00f0 upphaf 20. aldar,\u201d [Promiscuity in Reykjavik: Early 20th century discussions on morality, sexuality and free love] Saga<\/em> XLIX:1, pp. 104-131.<\/p>\n

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Non-peer-reviewed publications:<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

- 2025. (Book review) \u201cAnamarija Batista, Viola Franziska M\u00fcller and Corinna Peres (eds.), Coercion and Wage Labour: Exploring Work Relations through History and Art,\u201d TSEG: The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History<\/em> 22:1, pp. 156\u2012158.<\/p>\n

- 2024. \u201cAnalysing the everyday practices of labour coercion through arbitration court records: The case of a runaway maidservant in Iceland in 1820,\u201d WORCK Publication Database, https:\/\/worck.quarto.pub\/worck\/articles\/Vilhelmsson.html<\/a><\/p>\n

- 2024. (with M\u00fcge \u00d6zbek), \u201cEditorial: Coercive Archives. Labour Coercion in the Courtroom and Its Afterlives\u201d. https:\/\/worck.quarto.pub\/worck\/articles\/Coercive_archives_editorial.html<\/a><\/p>\n

- 2024. (with Ragnhei\u00f0ur Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttir and Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Stein\u00fe\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir), \u201cInngangur. N\u00fdjar ranns\u00f3knir \u00ed vinnus\u00f6gu\u201d [Introduction. New research in labour history],\u00a0 Riti\u00f0<\/em> 1\/2024, pp. 1-6.<\/p>\n

- 2024. \u201cA\u00f0faraor\u00f0: Raddir Steinunnar og Bjarna\u201d [Foreword: The voices of Steinunn and Bjarni], in Steinunn Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttir, Dau\u00f0ad\u00f3murinn: Bjarni Bjarnason fr\u00e1 Sj\u00f6und\u00e1 1761-1805. <\/em>Reykjav\u00edk: H\u00e1sk\u00f3la\u00fatg\u00e1fan, pp. 9-10.<\/p>\n

- 2015. \u201e(Marg)brotin sj\u00e1lfsmynd \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ar \u2013 e\u00f0a menningararfur \u00ed molum: Huglei\u00f0ingar um framsetningu og t\u00falkun \u00e1 s\u00f6gu og menningu sprottnar af s\u00fdningunni Sj\u00f3narhorn<\/em>\u201c [Bricolage of national identity and heritage: Reflections on the presentation and interpretation of history and culture sparked by the exhibition Sj\u00f3narhorn<\/em>], Saga<\/em> LIII: 2, pp. 111-125.<\/p>\n

- 2013. \u201cVerkal\u00fd\u00f0ur og stj\u00f3rnm\u00e1l \u00e1 Hvammstanga \u00e1 fyrri hluta 20. aldar\u201d [Workers and politics in Hvammstangi in the early 20th<\/sup> century], S\u00f6gu\u00feing 2012: R\u00e1\u00f0stefnurit<\/em>. Sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0istofnun, Reykjav\u00edk, [E-publication]. http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/1946\/15602<\/p>\n

- 2011. \u201cErrico Malatesta \u2013 Ma\u00f0ur me\u00f0 m\u00e1lsta\u00f0\u201d [Errico Malatesta \u2013 A man with a cause]. In: Errico Malatesta, \u00c1 kaffih\u00fasinu. Samr\u00e6\u00f0ur um anarkisma<\/em>, Transl. Sigur\u00f0ur Har\u00f0arson. Reykjav\u00edk: Andspyrna \u00fatg\u00e1fa, pp. 5-13.<\/p>\n

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Reports<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

- 2018. Bor\u00f0eyri \u2013 verndarsv\u00e6\u00f0i \u00ed bygg\u00f0. Tillaga og greinarger\u00f0 <\/em>[Bor\u00f0eyri \u2013 A village to preserve. Rationale and report]. Author: Vilhelm Vilhelmsson. Report on history of the village and its houses written at the behest of H\u00fana\u00feing vestra following directions from The Cultural Heritage Agency of Iceland, 102 pages. Published online in March 2018.<\/p>\n

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Exhibitions<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1mi\u00f0 \u00ed Hr\u00fatafir\u00f0i<\/em> [Hr\u00fatafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur under occupation]. Exhibition at Bygg\u00f0asafn H\u00fanvetninga og Strandamanna [Reykir Folk Museum] (opened summer 2019).<\/p>\n

Sakamenn \u00ed H\u00fana\u00feingi<\/em> \u2013 \u00f6rs\u00fdning<\/em> [Criminals in H\u00fana\u00feing \u2013 a microexhibition]. Exhibition at Bygg\u00f0asafn H\u00fanvetninga og Strandamanna [Reykir Folk Museum] (opened in November 2017).<\/p>\n

\u00dear sem fir\u00f0ir og j\u00f6klar m\u00e6tast \u2013 Gr\u00e6nlandsdv\u00f6l Rannveigar H. L\u00edndal 1921-1923<\/em> [Where fjords and glaciers meet \u2013 Rannveig H. L\u00edndal\u2018s stay in Greenland from 1921-1923]. Exhibition at Bygg\u00f0asafn H\u00fanvetninga og Strandamanna [Reykir Folk Museum]\u00a0 (opened in May 2017).<\/p>\n

Svipmyndir \u00far s\u00f6gu H\u00fana\u00feings vestra <\/em>[Portraits from the history of H\u00fana\u00feing vestra]. Two small photo exhibits with explanatory texts located in rest areas in Hvammstangi, Iceland, 2016.<\/p>\n

Torfkofar og landabrugg: Svipmyndir \u00far s\u00f6gu H\u00fana\u00feings vestra 1883-1955<\/em> [Turf cottages and moonshine: Portraits from the history of H\u00fana\u00feing vestra 1883-1955]. Photo exhibition in a public rest area in Hvammstangi, Iceland, 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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