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The 2024 Icelandic Roots Fundraiser Start forming your team, it’s time for our annual fundraiser! Icelandic Roots is pleased to announce...

Jun 8, 20242 min read

Calling one and all! It's time! Registration is under way for this year's Fitness Challenge. Tighten your laces and let's get moving! Our...

Jun 7, 20232 min read

The following article is submitted by the children of Michael and Daphne Fell: Peter Fell and Rachel Fell McDermott. They have made a...

Nov 26, 20224 min read

Guest Article by Arden Jackson CVO (Chief Vinarterta Officer) These pioneers work for the world they will leave behind. They are the...

Oct 16, 20222 min read

By Doug Hanson A big part of the Icelandic Roots mission is to give back to the Icelandic Community through grants and scholarships. Each...

Jun 5, 20221 min read

By Douglas Hanson The worldwide pandemic has upturned all our lives in the past two years. What was once routine became difficult or even...

Feb 6, 20222 min read

While there is a long list of things that have gone wrong over the past two years due to a global pandemic from Covid-19, let's look at...

Oct 23, 20214 min read

The Icelandic Roots Fitness Challenge 2021 was a big success. Our most popular mission was the Ring Road route, with 118 participants...

Sep 11, 20212 min read

Icelandic Roots is pleased to announce we will host our second annual Fitness Challenge this summer. It will be an eight-week event and will

Apr 14, 20212 min read

Icelanders celebrate Christmas with books. So much so that there is a word for the holiday book buying season: Jólabókaflóð or Christmas...

Dec 10, 20201 min read

This is an invitation for all individuals and teams from your Icelandic organizations, clubs, and your family to join us in a collective,...

Jun 12, 20203 min read

Have you ever been in line at the grocery store, and just as you were about to pay, you realized that you were $2.00 short? Embarrassing...

May 1, 20192 min read

The Icelandic Roots Library has received a spectacular donation of thirty-eight (38) boxes of Icelandic books from George Hanson. We are...

Oct 18, 20173 min read