Atlantic Puffins - Iceland's Adorable Seabird
Did you know that Iceland has 8 to 10 million puffins, more than 60% of the world’s Atlantic puffin population? Due to their appearance,...
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Jul 31, 20222 min read
Commerce Day-Iceland's First Monday in August Public Holiday
The first Monday of August is Commerce Day, a public holiday in Iceland. This creates a long summer weekend known as Verslunarmannahelgi...
Jul 17, 20222 min read
Sailing through the Westfjords
by Judy Dickson Editor's note: You can view the first leg of this sailing voyage in the previous article in this series. Four members of...
Jul 17, 20224 min read
Icelandic Roots at the Heritage Celebrations
Icelandic Roots genealogists will be LIVE for the important Icelandic Heritage Celebrations in North Dakota and Manitoba at the end of...
Jun 19, 20221 min read
Setting Sail For Grundarfjörður
By Judy Dickson Four members of our family toured on a 52-metre sailing yacht for 7 days with 25 passengers from Reykjavik through the...
May 6, 20227 min read
Amma Sumarlína-A Mother's Day Remembrance
Amma, Mother, Daughter By Bryndís Víglundsdóttir My maternal grandmother, Sumarlína Pétursdóttir, IR #128090, born April 22nd, 1886 in...
May 6, 20221 min read
A Visit to Gunna & Valgeir's Farm to See the Lambs
Icelandic Roots Volunteer Mallory Swanson shares her visit to Guðrún Þorvaldsdóttir and Valgeir Þorvaldsson's farm in the Spring of 2022,...
Apr 14, 20222 min read
Rúgbrauð - Rye Bread Recipe
VERSION 1 by Bryndís Viglundsdóttir 12 dl. Rúgmjöl 6 cups rye flour 2 dl. Hveiti 1 cup white flour 2 dl. Heilhveiti 1 cup whole wheat 2...
Apr 8, 20223 min read
Join The Icelandic Roots Book Club
By Heather Goodman Lytwyn Winnipeg, Manitoba No Time to Read? If you are a member of Icelandic Roots, you will have seen the article...
Apr 8, 20224 min read
Celebrating Easter in Iceland
Linguists maintain that the English word for Easter derives from the name of the Anglo Saxon maiden of spring, Ostara. The month of April...
Apr 2, 20222 min read
Icelandic Roots-Rætur Fréttir
On New Year's Eve December 31, 2021 Icelandic Roots turned to its members for assistance by asking a simple request: Help us name our...
Mar 25, 20224 min read
Skálholt-The Religious, Cultural and Educational Center of Early Iceland
Skálholt Church photo by Jody Arman-Jones Located in the southern part of the Biskupstungur valley between the rivers Hvítá and Brúará,...
Mar 13, 20222 min read
Guðríður Arrives in Vinland 2022
We are so excited to announce Guðríður's Saga is available for purchase! The children's book and complementary coloring book will be...
Mar 11, 20223 min read
The Irish In Iceland
The oral history of Iceland was written down about 1125 and states that ”Christian men” (called Papar by the Norse settlers) were there...
Feb 26, 20225 min read
How I Handled Research for My Memoir
By Sverrir Sigurdsson A memoirist is supposed to depend mainly on his memory. For me, though, I wanted my memoir to reflect not just my...
Feb 6, 20222 min read
Paying It Forward in 2022
By Douglas Hanson The worldwide pandemic has upturned all our lives in the past two years. What was once routine became difficult or even...
Jan 20, 20221 min read
The Icelandic National Handball Team 2022 European Championship
by Helga Margrét Reinhardsdóttir Iceland played an important Championship Round game tonight against Denmark in the European...
Dec 8, 20213 min read
Taking a Peek in the Icelandic Roots Treasure Chest
Explorations among IR’s “Hidden Gems” -by Rob Olason (IR#I149007) When we first become members of Icelandic Roots, we have so much to...
Dec 5, 202121 min read
Our Second Annual Book Flood
Icelanders love books so it is not surprising that one of the most beloved traditions in Iceland today is Jólabókaflóðið, the annual...
Aug 28, 20213 min read
Discover Hofsós
The village of Hofsós is located in Skagafjörður and is one of the oldest trading centers in Iceland. The dedicated Emigration Center,...
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