Memorable Manitobans: Sveinn Brynjolfsson (1856-1930)

Building contractor.

Born in Iceland on 3 October 1856, he came to Winnipeg with his family in the 1890s and worked as a building contractor. In 1910, he was appointed Vice-Consul for Denmark at Winnipeg. He and wife Thordis (1860-?) had four sons: Sigfus Brynjolfsson (1881-?), Ingi Brynjolfsson (1882-?), Brynjolfur Brynjolfsson (1887-?), and Burgur Brynjolfsson (1889-?). He moved to Surrey, British Columbia around 1924 and died there on 28 June 1930.

Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:

Building

Location

Year

Status

Johnson Apartments

524 Sargent Avenue, Winnipeg

1905

 

International Order of Good Templars Hall

635 Sargent Avenue, Winnipeg

1906

 

Warwick Apartments

366 Qu’Appelle Avenue, Winnipeg

1908-1909

 

Burrows, Stewart and Milne Warehouse

130 James Street, Winnipeg

1910

 

Riverside Apartments

42 Langside Street, Winnipeg

1911

 

Windsor Apartments

122 Langside Street, Winnipeg

1912

 

Principal Sparling School

1150 Sherburn Street, Winnipeg

1912-1913

 

Crane-Ordway Warehouse

Isabel Street, Winnipeg

1913

Demolished (?)

Gordon Apartments

505 Victor Street, Winnipeg

1914

 

Karlston Apartments

535 Victor Street, Winnipeg

1914

 

Muskoka Apartments

110 Young Street, Winnipeg

1914

 

Manitoba Government Telephones Garage

464 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg

1919

 

Sources:

1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

“New Danish consul,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 October 1910, page 3.

“Permits taken out for two warehouses,” Manitoba Free Press, 15 May 1913, page 19.

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

Death registration, British Columbia Vital Statistics.

“Deaths and funerals,” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 June 1930, page 10.

We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 September 2023

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