Brjóstmynd af Ólafi Ragnari Grímssyni, fyrrverandi forseta Íslands, var afhjúpuð af Katrínu Jakobsdóttur forsætisráðherra við hátíðlega athöfn á Bessastöðum fyrr í kvöld.
Ólafur Ragnar greinir frá þessu á Twitter-síðu sinni. Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, forseti Íslands, var viðstaddur athöfnina ásamt fjölskyldu Ólafs Ragnars og fleiri gestum.
At Bessastaðir, the Presidential Residence, I was honored by the Prime Minister's @katrinjak unveiling of my bust which now joins the busts of former Presidents of #Iceland. The President Guðni Th. Johannesson opened the ceremony; attended by my family and other guests. pic.twitter.com/yTjV3iPPh0
— Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (@ORGrimsson) March 4, 2019
My bust which now is at the Presidential Residence in Iceland. Made by the Icelandic sculptor Helgi Gislason whom I have admired for decades. He said in a speech that the bust was his artistic interpretation. It was a great pleasure to listen to his stories during the sittings! pic.twitter.com/bOFbTwZdkQ
— Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (@ORGrimsson) March 4, 2019
Brjóstmyndin bætist þar með í hóp sams konar mynda af öðrum fyrrverandi forsetum Íslands.
Myndhöggvarinn Helgi Gíslason bjó myndina til en Ólafur Ragnar kveðst hafa dáðst að verkum hans svo áratugum skiptir.
„Það var mjög gaman að hlusta á sögurnar hans,“ skrifar forsetinn fyrrverandi á Twitter.