{"id":45510,"date":"2022-01-04T16:23:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T16:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matis.is\/?p=45510"},"modified":"2022-01-05T08:05:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T08:05:19","slug":"sigurjon-arason-yfirverkfraedingur-hja-matis-saemdur-heidursmerki-hinnar-islensku-falkaordu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/frettir\/sigurjon-arason-yfirverkfraedingur-hja-matis-saemdur-heidursmerki-hinnar-islensku-falkaordu\/","title":{"rendered":"Sigurj\u00f3n Arason, chief engineer at Mat\u00eds, honored with the Icelandic falcon word"},"content":{"rendered":"

On New Year's Day 2022, a solemn ceremony took place in Bessasta\u00f0ir when the President of Iceland, Gu\u00f0ni Th. J\u00f3hannesson honored 12 individuals with the Icelandic falcon word. Among them was Mat\u00eds' chief engineer, Sigurj\u00f3n Arason, who received the award for research and development in the processing of marine products.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Sigurj\u00f3n Arason has worked for Mat\u00eds from the beginning, but before that he worked as a specialist and chief engineer at the Fisheries Research Institute, which merged with other companies and institutions when Mat\u00eds was founded. Sigurj\u00f3n is also Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Food and Nutrition at the University of Iceland and has throughout the years taught countless courses and supervised a number of students in undergraduate, master's and doctoral studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sigurj\u00f3n has received various awards for his work and, among other things, a seminar was held in his honor at the University of Iceland this autumn.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n