The Late Great: George Lincoln Rockwell: Thora Hallgrimsson, Second Wife Passed Away
[Rockwell was awesome! Lovely wife, lovely children! Jan]
Dear Comrades, it is with great sadness that we must announce the death of Thora Hallgrimsson (Margrét Þóra Hallgrímsson or Hallgrímsdottir), the second wife of George Lincoln Rockwell.
She passed away on August 27 of natural causes, at age 90.
Commander Rockwell was stationed in Iceland in 1953, while serving with the US Navy during the Korean War. There he met the Icelandic beauty Thora Hallgrimsson at a diplomatic reception in the Norwegian embassy in Reykjavik. They were married in October of that year, and honeymooned at Berchtesgaden.
Thora bore Lincoln Rockwell three children: Lincoln Hallgrimur, Jeannie Margaret and Bettina Evelyn.
In 1958, Commander Rockwell began his political career as an open National Socialist. At that time,Thora and the young children were living with him in a small house in Arlington, Viriginia, that doubled as his headquarters. The building came under frequent attack, and fearing for the safety of his family, Rockwell agreed that she should return temporarily to Iceland until he could provide for secure accommodations in the US. Thora belonged to one of the wealthiest families in Iceland, and once back in Reykjavik, they put enormous pressure on her to divorce Rockwell, to which she finally acceded in 1961.
Thora was the great love of Commander Rockwell’s life. To the day of his death, he hoped for a reconciliation with her — but it was not to be.
She later became a leading figure in Icelandic society, and married the wealthiest man in Iceland, Bjorgulfur Guthmundsson.
Source: Martin Kerr – New Order (via National Vanguard)