Man Wakes Up To See Own Obituary

On April 10, Morgunblaðið published an obituary of a man not yet deceased. Sölvi Guðmundarson, the man in question, reported the case on his social media accounts.

“Dear relatives and friends, those who have been messaging me to check if I am really dead, that’s not the case and I’m alive and well,” he wrote on Facebook.

Sölvi accuses two women of being responsible. One of them has been reported to the police by seven different individuals for stalking, with Sölvi being one of them.

Morgunblaðið has formally apologised for Sölvi, his family and its readers for the incident. The paper issued a statement on their website.

“The announcement was reported to Morgunblaðið in a normal way with nothing that indicated that the information was false. This kind of deception is fortunately rare, but Morgunblaðið will exhaust all ways to find out how this happened to stop this from repeating. The relevant authorities will be contacted for future proceedings.”

Shortly after the publication, the Suðurnes Police arrested a woman accused of reporting the fake death in relation to an investigation into the person’s stalking charges.