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Book Club Review for April 2025
by Heather Goodman Lytwyn The Icelandic Roots Book Club will meet on Thursday, April 3rd with author Karen Emilson to discuss her latest...
6 days ago3 min read
First Light
By Gerry Stefanson Gerry is a member of the Icelandic Roots writing team. He has kindly shared some of his poetry published in his book...
Feb 281 min read
The Legend of the Lagarfjlót Wyrm: Fact or Fiction?
Legends: Are they Fact or Fiction?
Feb 155 min read
The Mysterious Cliff Blaze
A superstition initiates a prank that is long remembered.
Jan 313 min read
Interesting Icelander for January 2025
Edgar Holger Cahill remarkable and compelling life story and legacy.
Jan 187 min read
Aegir Claimed
by Gerry Stefanson Image from https://www.redriverancestry.ca/SUZANNE-E.php At about 9 p.m. on September 24, 1965, the Suzanne-E , a...
Jan 32 min read
Icelandic Roots - Focus for 2025
Icelandic Roots Art and Culture Theme for 2025
Jan 33 min read
Rikkard (Richard) Hansson Beck 1897-1980
Richard Beck noted Icelandic-American scholar, teacher, writer and poet
Jan 34 min read
Pioneer memory: 'Torrential storm like an endless Icelandic waterfall.'
The roots of Vinarterta; the cake and the company.
Nov 23, 20244 min read
Day of the Icelandic Tongue
Icelandic Language Day is celebrated on November 16th
Nov 9, 20244 min read
Tryggvi's Saga
Tryggvi tells us his saga - his military career and related veteran honors.
Nov 9, 20249 min read
Njal's Saga Tapestry Embroidery Kits
Njal's Saga Tapestry Kits are available for purchase in N America.
Oct 25, 20242 min read
Interesting Icelander for October - Skalla-Grímur
Interesting Icelander for October 2024 is Skalla-Grímur Kveldúlfsson.
Oct 25, 20245 min read
Bringing the Saga Era to the Modern Era: Understanding the Njál Saga Tapestry
The Njál's Saga Tapestry is a monumental work of art that stretches an impressive 90 meters in length, located in the town of...
Oct 11, 20248 min read
Icelandic Roots: Praising and Preserving the Heritage
Editor's Note : The following is an edited excerpt from the article Arfleifðin vegsömuð og varðveitt . This is an article published in...
Oct 11, 20248 min read
The Grass Widow and the Icelander
The Icelandic Roots Writing Group has recently had a story prompt to write about “Something That is Very Icelandic”. The following is the...
Sep 28, 20242 min read
Snorri 2024: Magna Goodman Deepened Her Roots
Snorri 2024 Magna Goodman Deepened Her Roots
Sep 28, 20248 min read
What Does "Very Icelandic” Mean to Me?
A Writers Group exercise about "Something that is very Icelandic"
Sep 14, 20243 min read
Interesting Icelander for September: Jón Árnason
Jón Árnason, an accomplished wealthy landowner and farmer, a parliamentarian, a sheriff, and father of many.
Sep 14, 20243 min read
The Vikings in North America – Fact or Fiction?
The discovery of L’Anse Aux Meadows in the 1960s is proof that the Vikings, discovered North America before Columbus.
Aug 31, 20245 min read
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