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Sigrídur Gudmundsdóttir (Sigga)
Fridrik is Sigga's fiancée and Natan's neighbor and on-and-off friend. Fridrik is a boy of 17 who lives near Natan’s farm and sometimes helps Agnes and Sigga do farm labor while Natan is away. Fridrik is prone to violence and has a reputation for stealing. Fridrik wants to marry Sigga, but Natan does not want to give her up. When Natan first agrees to and then rejects the match between Fridrik and Sigga, he incites Fridrik to try to murder him and Pétur with a hammer. Fridrik is executed just before Agnes.
Fridrik Sigurdsson Quotes in Burial Rites
The Burial Rites quotes below are all either spoken by Fridrik Sigurdsson or refer to Fridrik Sigurdsson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 11
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“Thórbjörg had an inkling of what Fridrik planned. She knew about some sheep Fridrik stole. She lied to the courtroom…Thórbjörg saved my life,” Agnes added after a moment’s pause. “She found me on her doorstep after Natan threw me out. I would have died had she not brought me inside and let me stay there.”
Margrét nodded. “No one is all bad.”
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Chapter 12
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“Admit it. You want this too, Agnes.”
At that point…I saw what Fridrik held in his hands. It was a hammer and a knife.
What do I remember? I didn’t believe him. I went back to my bed on the floor of the cowshed, suddenly weary. I wanted nothing to do with him. What happened?
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Fridrik Sigurdsson Quotes in Burial Rites
The Burial Rites quotes below are all either spoken by Fridrik Sigurdsson or refer to Fridrik Sigurdsson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 11
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“Thórbjörg had an inkling of what Fridrik planned. She knew about some sheep Fridrik stole. She lied to the courtroom…Thórbjörg saved my life,” Agnes added after a moment’s pause. “She found me on her doorstep after Natan threw me out. I would have died had she not brought me inside and let me stay there.”
Margrét nodded. “No one is all bad.”
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Chapter 12
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“Admit it. You want this too, Agnes.”
At that point…I saw what Fridrik held in his hands. It was a hammer and a knife.
What do I remember? I didn’t believe him. I went back to my bed on the floor of the cowshed, suddenly weary. I wanted nothing to do with him. What happened?
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