Orri Vigfússon | |
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Born | 10 July 1942 |
Died | 1 July 2017
Reykjavík, Iceland | (aged 74)
Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur and environmentalist |
Awards | Goldman Environmental Prize |
Orri Vigfússon (10 July 1942 [1] – 1 July 2017) [2] was an Icelandic entrepreneur and environmentalist. His stated objective was to "restore the abundance of wild salmon that formerly existed on both sides of the North Atlantic". [3]
In 2004 Time magazine named Orri a "European Hero". [4] He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2007 for his efforts on saving endangered species. [3] [5] In 2008, he was elected as a Senior Global Fellow to the Ashoka Fellowship. [6]
Orri died on 1 July 2017 in Reykjavík of lung cancer at the age of 74. [7] [2]
Mark Kurlansky dedicated his 2020 book, Salmon, to the memory of Orri Vigfússon. [8]