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Name Pronunciation
Habbi is used because pronouncing Hrefna Helgadóttir is an adventure in linguistics.
The closest English pronunciation is:
Hrefna: HH-reb-na
Helgadóttir: Hell-ga-Dough-ttir
Luckily – Habbi is much easier.
I wrote for Vísbending about a missing piece in Iceland’s music economy: we invest heavily in creating world-class artists, but much of the economic infrastructure surrounding their international success is built, and importantly owned, elsewhere.