Bjarnfreðarson

{{short description|2009 Icelandic film by Ragnar Bragason}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Bjarnfreðarson

| image = Bjarnfreðarson.jpg

| director = Ragnar Bragason

| writer = Jóhann Ævar Grímsson
Jón Gnarr
Jörundur Ragnarsson
Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon
Ragnar Bragason

| producer = Arnbjörg Hafliðadóttir
Ragnar Bragason

| starring = Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson
Jón Gnarr
Jörundur Ragnarsson
Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon

| production_companies = Sagafilm

| distributor = Samfilm

| released = {{Film date|2009|12|26|df=y}}

| country = Iceland

| language = Icelandic

}}

Bjarnfreðarson is a 2009 Icelandic comedy film directed by Ragnar Bragason, director of the TV series trilogy consisting of Næturvaktin, Dagvaktin and Fangavaktin, to which it is a sequel.{{cite news |title=Ár Georgs, Daníels og Ólafs |url=https://timarit.is/page/5071245 |access-date=2 April 2023 |work=Fréttablaðið |date=6 February 2010 |page=34 |language=Icelandic}} At its première in Iceland, it was met with wide success, even beating Avatar at the box office on its opening weekend.{{cite news |title=Ótrúleg aðsókn á Bjarnfreðarson og Avatar |url=https://www.visir.is/g/2009562345444/otruleg-adsokn-a-bjarnfredarson-og-avatar- |access-date=2 April 2023 |work=Vísir.is |date=29 December 2009 |language=Icelandic}} It was watched by over 20% of the Icelandic population, which is a record for an Icelandic film, and won 11 Edda Awards.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/feb/09/iceland-cinema-mr-bjarnfredarson |title=A real blockbuster ... in Iceland |work=The Guardian |accessdate=2010-09-02 | location=London | date=February 9, 2010 | first=Stuart | last=Heritage}}

In the film, the title character's name is the subject of some mockery for his having a matronymic – as Bjarnfreður's son – rather than a patronymic. In the film this is connected to the mother's radical feminism and shame over his paternity, which are part of the film's plot.{{cite web |author=TheLurkingFox |date=26 December 2009 |title=Mr. Bjarnfreðarson (2009) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1534397/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628235555/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1534397/ |archive-date=28 June 2023 |access-date=31 December 2014 |work=IMDb}}