 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - nzvero yaBjörn yakaumba hwaro hwemamepu akawanda akatevera eIceland kwemakore zana anotevera; mamepu matsva akavakirwa panzvero itsva akaoneka bedzi pashure peHondo yeNyika II. Rakanga riri basa guru, uye Björn akakurumidza kuziva kuti munhu mumwe chete aisagona kuenzanisa chitsuwa chacho chose muupenyu hwake, uye akaisa ngwariro yake panzvimbo dzinogarwa. Asi akakwanisawo kuongorora chikamu chikuru chenzvimbo dzisina vanhu, kunyange zvazvo aifanira kuvimba nemashoko evanhu vomunzvimbo yacho mune dzimwe nzvimbo dziri kure. Björn ainyatsoziva nezvokusajeka mune dzimwe nzvimbo; kare muna 1834 akanyora kuti munhu haafaniri kuva netarisiro dzakakwirira zvikuru kana kuti dzakaderera zvikuru pamepu, kana kuti kuvimba zvikuru zvikuru kana kuti zvishoma zvikuru mukubatsira kwayo kana kuti kururama. Nzvimbo dzakakwirira dzepakati dzakanga dzisina kujeka pamepu yake; dzakanyorwa zvakanaka pamepu kokutanga naThorvaldur Thoroddsen, ane mepu yakadhindwa muna 1901. Kunyange zvakadaro ongororo yaBjörn inorangarirwa kuva fambiro mberi huru, zvikurukuru nemhaka yenhumbi shomanene dzaaiva nadzo. Mukucherechedza basa rake rakatanhamara rekuongorora Björn Gunnlaugsson akapihwa muchinjikwa weKnight weOrder of the Dannebrog muna 1846 uye akagamuchirawo muchinjikwa weKnight weFrench Légion dhonneur. Mepu yacho yakaratidzwawo paWorlds Fair muParis muna 1878, apo rakapiwa mubayiro. 