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The Legend of the Lagarfjlót Wyrm: Fact or Fiction?

Legends: Are they Fact or Fiction?

Dec 7, 20243 min read

My 2024 Snorri Adventure

By Maia Chapman Editor's Note: If you are interested in joining the Snorri Program in 2025, the application deadline is Monday, January...

Oct 11, 20246 min read

Meditation on Family and Home - Snorri 2024

By Audrey Ledford From Seattle, Washington, Audrey is a recent graduate of Georgetown University with a B.S in Foreign Service and...

Sep 14, 20243 min read

Samtal Hour Explores the Journey to the Americas From Iceland

Journey to North America from Iceland

Jul 5, 20243 min read

Stories, Sagas, and Captivating Tales-The First Decade of Icelandic Roots

By Rob Olason In 2012, Icelandic Roots was the name of a blog Sunna Furstenau started to document her role as the Icelandic National...

Jul 5, 20241 min read

The 2024 Deuce and Dagurinn

The mid-continent celebrations of Icelandic heritage are moving into high gear when Mountain, North Dakota's The Deuce of August...

Jun 29, 20246 min read

Secrets Beneath the Earth in an Icelandic Cemetery

We’ve been working on a mystery, and for now … it remains unsolved. Where is the exact burial location? The secrets are beneath the earth.

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, 202412 min read

Growing Up In Gimli

A talk at Icelandic Roots’ Samtal Hour on March 11, 2024 By W.D. Valgardson Victoria, BC I was told that many people in this group did...

May 11, 20242 min read

Submit an article to Rætur Fréttir/Roots News

Do you have an idea for an interesting article? A story about your ancestor? A travel report about your latest visit to Iceland? We're...

Apr 25, 20244 min read

The Ásbirningar Clan and their Battles in Skagafjörður

Mar 22, 20243 min read

Roots Tips Recap - March 2024

by Shaune Jonasson The most recent Roots Tips was an informative session with Dave Jónasson, IT specialist and the creator of a new...

Jan 6, 20244 min read

The Experience of a Lifetime

Note: The 2024 Snorri Program application deadline is mid-January. Find out more at snorri.is By Emily Gudbjartson Going to Iceland with...

Jan 6, 20242 min read

Icelandic Cancer Related Gene Mutation Information

By Curtis Olafson, Oliver Sartor, MD, Kara R. (Schoeffel) Rogen, MS, CGC As a public service, this article has been drafted to raise...

Jan 6, 20242 min read

Going Where the Log Lands

By Rob Olason In 2023 Icelandic Roots explored the topic of the nineteenth-century emigration period in Icelandic history. Throughout the...

Nov 11, 20234 min read

Icelandic Roots Emigration Port Plaques

By Rob Olason In September 2023 a group of Icelandic Roots volunteers traveled to Iceland to dedicate four monuments in four emigration...

Nov 11, 20233 min read

Do You Care About Your Icelandic Heritage?

Yes. Of course, you care about your Icelandic heritage. That is why you are reading this! Ten years ago, on November 12, 2013, Icelandic...

Nov 6, 20233 min read

Sunna’s Dream of a Little Safnahús on the Prairie

Writer’s Note: This is the final article in the series commemorating Icelandic Roots' 10th anniversary. I sat down with Sunna Furstenau...

Oct 29, 20235 min read

1887 Icelandic Emigrants

by Willie Engelson As Willie is researching an 1887 travel journal that tells of his great grandparents and their journey to Washington...

Oct 15, 20233 min read

Three Western Icelandic Organizations Join Hands For an Online Event

IR Webinar hosted by INLNA and INLUS The Icelandic Roots Database is the subject of a joint Icelandic National League of North America...