Dr Erlendur Haraldsson
Professor emeritus
Psychology Department
University of Iceland.
Oddi v/Sturlugötu
101 Reykjavik, Iceland
Mobile: +354 863 0034
E-mail: erlendur@hi.is
Dr Erlendur Haraldsson
University of Iceland
My Books:
Published in January 2018.
(New edition of At the Hour of Death)
More information (engl., german)
Published in January 2017.
Published October 2015.
Will published October 2019
Released ín July 2013.
See reviews on www.amazon.com.
Published October 2012. Icelandic 2005.
Reviews:
The departed Among the Living - Magonia Review
Paranormalia - Ghost in Iceland
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 77.2,
Nr. 910, April 2013.
Republished several times, last 2012.
Published 2012.
My biography, only available in Icelandic
Reviews:
Hugarás, vefrit Hugvísindasviðs HÍ: „Á vit hins ókunna“,
Hjalti Hugason prófessor í kirkjusögu
HÍ fréttir: Endurminningar Erlendar Haraldssonar
Published in 1964
Með uppreisnarmönnum í gegnum brennd þorp
Meet the Icelandic journalist who took iconic
photo of Kurdish leader (2017)
Published 1978, only in Icelandic
(About this world and the other
Survey about psychic experiences
of Icelanders, their religiousviews
and folkbelifs)
Courses that I have given at the Department of Psychology
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Iceland
- Experimental Psychology
- Psychological Testing
- Methodology I
- Methodology II
- Parapsychology (optional)
- Altered states of consciousness (optional)
Positions held:
Assistant Professor, 1st of May 1973
Associate Professor 1st of July 1978
Professor 1st of April 1989
Professor Emeritus 1st of February 1999.
Guest Professor at the Department of Psychiatry,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1982-1983.
Research Professor at the Institut für Grenzgebiete
der Psychologie und Psychohygiene in Freiburg 1993-1995.
Adjunct Research Faculty Member, Institute of
Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, California
Service on committees at the University of Iceland
Chairman of the Promotion Committee of the Faculty
of Social Science, 1986 to 1992.
Member of the grant-giving Research Fund from
1985 to 1991.
Member of the committee responsible for establishing
Counseling Service at the University of Iceland.
List of publications
- Chronological bibliography
- Journal Articles
- Books
- Chapters in books
- Conference Proceedings
- Other Publications
- Original chapters in edited books
Lectures & more
Research areas and interests - with some online articles
- Psychic experiences and folk-beliefs
- Apparitions, hallucinations, deathbed visions and alleged contacts with the dead
- Icelandic mediums
- Psychological tests
- Experiments
- Sai Baba and Indian "miracle-makers"
- Children who speak of a previous life
- Kurds and Kurdistan
- Kurdish bibliography
- Nytt ríkí í austurlöndum nær? Morgunblaðið 16. Júni 2017
- Með uppreisnarmönnum í gegnum brennd þorp (->english)
Interesting links:
- ResearchGate
- Society for Psychical Research
- Society for Scientific Exploration
- Parapsychological Association
- DOPS University of Virginia
- Scientific and Medical Network
I am indebted to the following foundations and institutions for research grants and support:
- Bial Foundation, Porto, Portugal.
- Druze Heritage Foundation, London/Beirut
- European Commission, Research Directorate-General. (with Harald Walach, Universität Freiburg).
- Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene, Freiburg.
- John Björkhem Minnesfond, Stockholm.
- Nordic Institute for Asian Studies, Copenhagen.
- Parapsychology Foundation, New York.
- University of Iceland Research Fund.
- RANNIS, National Research Council of Iceland
- Tiger Trust, Rotterdam.
- The Tate Fund, Society for Psychical Research, London.