| Thor Vilhjalmsson | |
| Occupation: | Icelandic writer |
| Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Birth Date: | 12 August 1925 |
Thor Vilhjálmsson (in Icelandic pronounced as /ˈtʰouːr ˈvɪlçaulmˌsɔn/; 12 August 19252 March 2011) was an Icelandic writer. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Over the course of his life Vilhjálmsson wrote novels, plays, and poetry and also did translations. In 1988 he won the Nordic Council Literature Prize for his novel Justice Undone (Icelandic: Grámosinn glóir).[1] In 1992, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the 'little Nobel'.