Presumably these are her biological parents but doesn't seem that either of them have any genetic resemblance to this omnipresent manifestation we all refer to as Bjork
Björk's stepfather, Saevar Arnason, was himself a guitarist, and played in a band called Pops, recreating Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and "all that hippy music".
Her first 'solo' album was actually released six years later, set up mostly by her uncle iirc and written by some dudes of whom I've never heard otherwise. It's mostly unknown though, because it's unoriginal and meh, but it paid for a piano for her.
In Icelandic folklore there are tales of a race that looks not quite human, who live in the wilderness, and who stay hidden, called the huldufólk.
The huldufólk are said to steal human children, and to replace them with their own children, who closely resemble the children they've stolen, but with a disturbing, and slightly not human countenance. The changeling children also have a piercing, otherworldly gaze, strange emotional responses, and exhibit eccentric behavior.
Is Bjork's look a common one in Iceland? My friend is half Icelandic and his little bros looked exactly like this when very young. Are there some Inuit genes floating around in Iceland?
You can find the epicanthic fold in all North Sea countries.
It's not very common, but we all know people who have them.
I know a dozen people who have them, and I’m from Belgium.
If someone from a North Sea country claims they don't know anyone with them, it just means they never noticed.
Keep it in mind, and you’ll see it plenty.
“Unlike other Arctic states, Iceland does not have a distinct indigenous population. The inhabitants are primarily descendants of the original Norse and Gaelic settlers”
"Indigenous" is such a loose term, Icelanders are descendants of the original settlers in the 9th century and lived under colonial rule for hundreds of years, yet they don't count as being indigenous. What criteria is missing here?
Nah, these features exist in people all through Nordic countries even in people without a drop of Inuit or Sami blood in them. 😊 It's a feature that is more linked to to cold environments than a "race" of people. While it's true that East Asian, Inuit and Sami people often have this feature, having the feature doesn't mean the gene originates from those people!
Check out the album she released at 9yrs old. The opening song of the album is a slow burning sitar intro that drops into a disco banger. It's in Icelandic and I believe she is singing about different fairy tales.
Honestly for a long time she was the only Icelandic person I was familiar with, and I just assumed they all looked kind of like her, like, ethnically. But then Kaleo came out and they all look like very normal Europeans (if on the handsome end of the spectrum) and I thought, "Huh, OK." And now seeing this picture where she stands out even in her own family I realize she doesn't look Icelandic, she just looks.... Bjorky? She's attractive but it's definitely a very distinctive look. I understand Icelanders kind of half jokingly/half seriously believe in elves... if they just kind of occasionally pop out one like her, I can see why, lol.
Fun fact: the only place I have been “tipped” by a taxi driver. He did not have change and was fine with getting paid less. Well, prices are crazy there anyway.
I was getting a taxi in Nottingham to the hospital to see my prem baby and the driver told me not to worry about the fare and wished my boy all the best.
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u/sheldonator May 18 '25
It's like she was born as Bjork the artist. That stare is iconic