Axel Sveinsson

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| birth_date = {{birth date |1896|04|03}}

| birth_place = Bergsholti in Staðarveit, Snaefellsnessyslu

| death_date = {{death date and age |1957|08|12 |1896|04|03}}

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| nationality = Icelandic

| fields = Civil Engineer

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| known_for = Lighthouse Designs

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• Aðalbjorg Sigurbjornsdottir,
• Guðrun Olafia Sigurðardottir,
• Oddny Lára Emilia Petursdóttir,

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{{icelandic name|Axel}}

Axel Sveinsson (3 April 1896 - 12 August 1957)[http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/v/e/Delano-Calvin-Sveinsson-AB/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0200.html Information about Axel Sveinsson] Retrieved 2012-06-20. was an Icelandic civil engineer. He received his engineering degree in Copenhagen in 1927.[http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=215941&lang=gl Obituary] Retrieved 2012-06-21.

He is noted for having designed several lighthouses in Iceland;[http://www.visitreykjanes.is/WhattoSeeDo/ViewAttraction/holmsbergsviti View Attraction - Hólmsbergsviti] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144931/http://www.visitreykjanes.is/WhattoSeeDo/ViewAttraction/holmsbergsviti |date=July 14, 2014 }} Retrieved 2012-06-21.[http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/684269/ AFREKSVERK FRÁ LIÐINNI ÖLD] Retrieved 2102-06-21 these include the lighthouses at Hólmsbergsviti, Garðskagi,[http://www.visitreykjanes.is/en/what-to-see-do/reykjanes-geopark/geosites/index/place/the-lighthouse-on-gardskagi Visit Reykjanes] Retrieved 2016-11-12. Þrídrangaviti[http://www.heimaslod.is/index.php/%C3%9Er%C3%ADdrangaviti Þrídrangaviti - Heimaslod] Retrieved 2012-06-21. and Knarrarós.{{cite rowlett|isln|accessdate=2010-05-18}} A postage stamp depicting the Vattarnes lighthouse at Reyðarfjörður, which was designed by Axel, was issued in 2013.[http://www.sepacstamps.eu/iceland-lighthouses-iii/ Iceland – Lighthouses III] Retrieved 2014-07-10.