Meet the Icelandic Yule Lads — Hurðaskellir
The Door-Slammer
2 min readDec 20, 2019
This is the seventh in a fourteen-part series on the Icelandic Jólasveinar, or Yule Lads. For an introduction and the full list of mischievous Christmas imps, and one terrifying Christmas cat, you should read the following:
Icelandic Name: Hurðaskellir
English Translation: Door-Slammer
Arrival: December 18
Departure: December 31
The seventh was Door Slammer,
a sorry, vulgar chap:
When people in the twilight
would take a little nap,
he was happy as a lark
with the havoc he could wreak,
slamming doors and hearing
