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Dec 74 min read

Interesting Icelander for December - Rósa Guðmundsdóttir

Welcome to the last instalment of our Interesting Icelanders for 2024. We hope you enjoy the story about a poet who is revered today for...

Nov 234 min read

Pioneer memory: 'Torrential storm like an endless Icelandic waterfall.'

The roots of Vinarterta; the cake and the company.

Nov 214 min read

Interesting Icelander for November: Vilhjálmur Stefánsson

Interesting Icelander for November 2024

Nov 94 min read

Day of the Icelandic Tongue

Icelandic Language Day is celebrated on November 16th

Nov 99 min read

Tryggvi's Saga

Tryggvi tells us his saga - his military career and related veteran honors.

Oct 252 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...

Oct 255 min read

Interesting Icelander for October - Skalla-Grímur

Interesting Icelander for October 2024 is Skalla-Grímur Kveldúlfsson.

Oct 258 min read

The Strange Tale of Páll Pálsson and a Ghostly Nuisance

A ghostly nuisance in the mid-1800s Iceland.

Oct 253 min read

They left for Minnesota…

Celebrating the Icelandic settlement in Minneota 150 years earlier.

Oct 118 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 118 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...

Sep 282 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 288 min read

Snorri 2024: Magna Goodman Deepened Her Roots

Snorri 2024 Magna Goodman Deepened Her Roots

Sep 213 min read

Book Club Returns October 3, 2024

The first Fall session of the IR Book Club returns on October 3rd.

Sep 143 min read

What Does "Very Icelandic” Mean to Me?

A Writers Group exercise about "Something that is very Icelandic"

Sep 143 min read

Interesting Icelander for September: Jón Árnason

Jón Árnason, an accomplished wealthy landowner and farmer, a parliamentarian, a sheriff, and father of many.

Aug 313 min read

Gluggaveður - Window Weather

The Icelandic Roots Writing Group has recently had a story prompt to write about “Something That is Very Icelandic”. The following is the...

Aug 314 min read

Immigrating to America

The Icelandic Roots Writers Group used an exercise to create a dialogue between two people planning to emigrate. By Doreen Borgfjord...

Aug 313 min read

IR Podcast - Reaching Around the Globe

The IR Podcast has reached across the globe.

Aug 171 min read

Echoes

Memories lurk at L'Anse Aux Meadows.