Sigurður was a student from  Reykjavík  College on the 29th of June 1907. Shortly after that he sailed out to Scotland where he resided for a while. From there Sigurður travelled to the Icelandic settlements in Canada. On his way home from there he made a stop over in Denmark for a while. When he came back to Iceland the went back to school, this time the famous Priest school where he graduated with a cand. theol. degree on the 20th of June 1911. On the 8th of October the same year, Sigurður was ordinated as an assistant priest in Vopnafjörður, where he resided for one year. In 1912 he got a position as priest at Tjörn in Vatnsnes. Unlike the former priests at Tjörn, Sigurður did not choose to reside there, but at his childhood home in Hindisvík with his mother.

In 1919 he left Tjörn and moved to Bergþórshvoll, on the south side of Iceland. That same year Sigurður bought Hindisvík and a few years later, or 1922 he returned home again.

Sigurður spoke English, Latin, a little German and all the Scandinavian languages exept Finnish. In 1959 he graduated with a B.A. degree in Greek from the University of Iceland, then 74 years old. He was very skilled in verse-making and he left behind many poems. He was also a good translator.

Sigurður lived in Hindisvík for the rest of his life, though only in the summertime for the last years. He remained single and childless throughout his life. He died in Reykjavík on the 27th of May 1971, then 86 years old.

Pioneer in wildlife conservation
Sigurður was a great preservationist and his visions regarding that subject were way ahead of his time. He was especially known for his interest in preserving seals and whales. Around 1940 Sigurður had the Hindisvík seal colony preserved and so it has been ever since. It is very clear that if it hadn’t been for Sigurður´s visions, the Vatnsnes peninsula would not be the seal watching paradise it is today.

Hindisvík trading centre
Sigurður early developed an interest for turning Hindisvík into an urban area, for example by building a large seaport for fishery and transhipping. A large part of the Hindisvík land was measured and planned as an urban area and two houses were built in the area. The creek itself was also measured and a small pier built. Sigurður got Hindisvík recognized as a legitimate trading post in 1924. In spite of all those preparations Sigurður’s great plans for Hindisvík never came true. Now Hindisvík is deserted and only used in the summer by Sigurður’s relatives.

Horse breeding
Sigurður was very interested in horse breeding and from him came the famous Hindisvíkur bloodline, which is known all over Iceland and abroad.