Orri Vigfússon

Orri Vigfússon (10 July 1942 – 1 July 2017) was an Icelandic entrepreneur and environmentalist. His work was to "restore the abundance of wild salmon that formerly existed on both sides of the North Atlantic". He was born in Siglufjörður, Iceland.

In 2004 Time Magazine named him a "European Hero". He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2007 for his efforts on saving endangered species.Goldman Environmental Prize 2007: Orri Vigfússon  (Retrieved on 2007-10-25)
"Salmon campaigner lands top award" – BBC News (Sunday, 22 April 2007)'' (Retrieved on March 26, 2008) In 2008, he was elected as a Senior Global Fellow to the Ashoka Fellowship.

Vigfússon died on 1 July 2017 in Reykjavik, Iceland of lung cancer at the age of 74.Orri Vigfússon er látinn 

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