Facts: - death date: 14 july 1998 - birth date: 14 january 1911 - name: bjorn hjortur gumundsson - nationality: icelandic - death place: borgarnes , iceland - birth place: ferjubakka i borgarhreppi , iceland - occupation: craftsman , idealist , environmental pioneer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bjorn hjortur gumundsson .
bjorn hjortur gumundsson -lrb- 14 january 1911 -- 14 july 1998 -rrb- , also known as bjossi , was an icelandic craftsman , master carpenter , idealist and environmental pioneer .he lived and worked in borgarnes , iceland , where he designed and constructed a small theme park for children called bjossarolo , with play equipment which he built entirely from salvaged materials , and maintained it for many years .the president of iceland , vigdis finnbogadottir , visited bjossarolo in 1993 .