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Thorsteinn Gíslason, telegraphist and station master.

Technical Museum of East Iceland

Technical Museum of East Iceland
Seydisfjordur, Iceland

One of Iceland's first telegraphists. He was the first native of Iceland to become station master in 1926. Thorstein was an ardent enthusiast about wireless technology and constructed the first wireless transmitter in Iceland and conducted the first wireless transmitions there. Þorsteinn Gunnlaugur Gíslason (1887 - 1969)

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  • Title: Thorsteinn Gíslason, telegraphist and station master.
  • Type: Telegraph
Technical Museum of East Iceland

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