Finnur Guðni Þórðarson works at his workshop at Stillholt 16-18 in Akranes, Iceland. He was born in Ísafjörður in 1972 and grew up there, he moved to Akranes in 2001

Finnur studied at Dýrfinna Torfadóttir - Master goldsmith.  He finished his journeyman's examination in 2004 and worked for her untill fall 2007, then they opened together a workshop and store.