| Guðbergur Bergsson | |
| Birth Date: | 16 October 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Grindavík, Iceland |
| Death Place: | Mosfellsbær, Iceland |
| Occupation: | Teacher Author Translator of Spanish works |
| Language: | Icelandic |
| Nationality: | Icelandic |
| Citizenship: | Iceland |
| Alma Mater: | University of Iceland University of Barcelona |
| Period: | –? |
| Notableworks: | Svanurinn (The Swan) |
| Awards: | (The Swan) |
Guðbergur Bergsson (16 October 1932 – 4 September 2023) was an Icelandic writer born in Grindavík. He attended the University of Iceland for his Teaching degree and then studied literature at the University of Barcelona. He was one of the leading translators of Spanish works in Iceland.[1] In Barcelona, he met and engaged with the publisher and writer .
His first book came out in 1961. He has had twenty books in all including poetry and children's literature. He has won the Icelandic Literary Prize twice.[2] In 2004, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the 'little Nobel'.
Bergsson died on 4 September 2023, at the age of 90.[3]
In 2017, the Icelandic film director Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir shot her first movie , the adaptation of the Svanurinn.[5]