Guðmundur Kjærnested, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Naval officer
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Place of Birth: Hafnarfjörður, Capital Region, Iceland
About Guðmundur Kjærnested
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- Guðmundur Kjærnested (born 29 June 1923) was a commander in the Icelandic Coast Guard and took part in all three Anglo-Icelandic Cod Wars.
- Born Guðmundur Hjaltason Halldórsson Kjærnested in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland, he is most famous for being the commander of ICGV Týr and for his achievements while protecting disputed changes to Icelandic territorial waters from the Royal Navy and British trawlers during the Cod Wars.
- Guðmundur died on 2 September 2005.
- He is regarded as a national hero and a true patriot in Iceland.
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