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| Iceland Monitor
| Fri 3 Feb 2017
| 23.07 GMT
Great number of people attend Birna's funeral
Hallgrímskirkja church was completely full on the occasion of the funeral of murdered Birna Brjánsdóttir. The ceremony took place today at 3 pm.
Among the attendees were President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson and former president Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. The Bishop of Iceland, Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir made an address.
Music was provided by Icelandic artists Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson, Jóhann Helgason and Ellen Kristjánsdóttir and choirs Fóstbræður and Schola cantorum.
Family asked media to not take photographs up close of grieving relatives.