Örlygur Hnefill Örlygsson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Örlygur Hnefill Örlygsson

Icelandic museum director

Date of Birth: 23-Oct-1983

Place of Birth: Húsavík, Northeastern Region, Iceland

Profession: hotel manager, museum director

Nationality: Iceland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Örlygur Hnefill Örlygsson (born 23 October 1983), known professionally as Orly Orlyson, is an Icelandic entrepreneur, hotelier, founder of The Exploration Museum and President of the Norðurþing town council. In 2018, Örlygur was selected by the United States Department of State and the German Marshall Fund to represent Iceland in the YTILI program.
That same year, he was awarded by JCI as one of Ten Outstanding Young Persons in Iceland for his various entrepreneurial projects, most notably for founding The Exploration Museum, and for co-founding the Leif Erikson Awards.