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Oct 25, 20242 min read

November Book Club Showcases Icelandic Children's Tales

By Heather Goodman Lytwyn The Icelandic Roots Book Club for Thursday, November 7, 2024, will feature Guđríđur’s Saga , Mundi: Boy of...

Jun 22, 20247 min read

Castles and Old Manuscripts

By Bryndís Víglundsdóttir Editor's Note: Icelandic Roots brings you another article from one of our favourite storytellers, Bryndís...

Jun 8, 20243 min read

What Are You Doing on Jón Sigurðsson’s Birthday?

By Rob Olason Editor's Note: Icelandic Roots is encouraging everyone to jot down a quick diary entry to document their day on June 17,...

May 25, 20243 min read

Interesting Icelander for May - Gunnar Gunnarsson

By Sunna Olafson Furstenau Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889-1975 and IR Database I160778) is an Icelandic writer of over 20 novels and many other...

May 11, 20245 min read

Bryndís & Gay Introduce Thor, the Final Book of a Trilogy

Bryndís Víglundsdóttir and Gay Strandemo share their thoughts upon completing their collaboration on the trilogy of stories Bryndís...

Apr 25, 20244 min read

April’s Interesting Icelander: Halldor Laxness, Iceland’s Literary Icon

By Doreen (Borgfjord) McFarlane For its small size and population, Iceland is a giant when it comes to literary accomplishments as well...

Apr 12, 20243 min read

Wasteland with Words

By Jason Doctor “One can see... in the Icelanders’ obsession with literacy, an urge to impose order on the desolation of the Icelandic...

Apr 12, 20242 min read

Book Club - May 2024

The Icelandic Roots Book Club for Thursday May 2, 2024 will feature Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night. It is important to note that...

Apr 12, 20246 min read

Reconstructing Old Iceland from North America - Part Two

Jakob Sigurðsson and his Melsted Edda by Jason Doctor and Cathy Josephson Editor’s Note: You will recall Part One addresses the life,...

Mar 27, 20248 min read

Reconstructing Old Iceland from North America - Part One

Jakob Sigurðsson and his Melsted Edda by Jason Doctor and Cathy Josephson Today if you want to see pictures of the Norse gods, an...

Mar 15, 20243 min read

Ari the Wise: Our Interesting Icelander for March 2024

By Gay Strandemo This month we continue learning about interesting Icelanders that were important to the settlement era of Iceland. As a...

Mar 15, 20243 min read

Nineteenth Century Education in/of Iceland: A Journey of Learning for Pliny Miles - 1852

By Brian Borgford “In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue.” People of a certain age will remember the little...

Feb 16, 20246 min read

Bryndís Víglundsdóttir – February’s Interesting Icelander

This month, we honor one of our own. Bryndís Viglundsdóttir volunteers her time with Icelandic Roots as a writer, translator, and...

Feb 3, 20245 min read

A World Away from Home: The Saga of Undina

By Steve Stephens Note: Listen to Steve Stephens talk about his journey translating "The Poems of Undina" in an Icelandic Roots webinar...

Feb 3, 20247 min read

The Saga of the Golden Curse - Part One

Icelandic Roots is pleased to help introduce a new book: A Viking Legend: The Descendants of Odin written by Ainsley Bloomer. We present...

Nov 24, 20232 min read

November's Interesting Icelander

Árni Magnússon (I41634) 13 November 1663 – 7 January 1730 By Brian Borgford "And that is the way of the world, that some men put errors...

Nov 24, 20232 min read

The Fourth Annual Icelandic Roots Jólabókaflóð (Book Flood)

Iceland is one of the most literate countries in the world and has a long literary history going back to the Icelandic Sagas. The love of...

Oct 29, 20233 min read

Why The Icelanders Left

By Sharron Arksey Why did thousands of Icelanders leave their homeland for North America in the late 1800s and early 1900s? The easy...

Oct 1, 20234 min read

Edda - From Ashes to Majestic

This post is twofold. Enjoy the photos, history, and Ainsley Bloomer’s article. #1 - A short post with pictures about the new EDDA House...

Sep 17, 20233 min read

Mundi, the boy from the West Fjords

By Bryndís Víglundsdóttir Editor's Note: Bryndís Víglundsdóttir is the beloved story-teller and author of Guðríður’s Saga. She has just...