Jón Jónsson Aðils (25 April 1869, Reykjavík - 5 July 1920) was an Icelandic historian.
[7] Under foreign rule, the Icelandic nation declined and ultimately suffered humiliation (Jónsson 1903, 241–242).
[7][2] Aðils' lessons were that under Icelandic rule, the nation was prosperous, productive and artistic, but suffered under foreign role.
However, Aðils argued that within every Icelander, a desire for freedom and nationalism remained, and only had to be awoken.
[7] Historian Guðmundur Hálfdanarson suggests that Aðils himself was doing his best to awaken this slumbering nationalist sentiment and strengthen the Icelandic pursuit of independence.