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Aug 31, 20243 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 31, 20244 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 31, 20243 min read

IR Podcast - Reaching Around the Globe

The IR Podcast has reached across the globe.

Aug 17, 20241 min read

Echoes

Memories lurk at L'Anse Aux Meadows.

Aug 17, 20242 min read

VERY ICELANDIC

The Icelandic Roots Writing Group recently had a story prompt to write about “Something that is very Icelandic”. By Sharron Arksey A...

Aug 17, 20246 min read

Blessed Amma - The Deuce of August celebration in North Dakota

Excitement blossomed deep within me as I imagined being among people who loved everything Icelandic as much as I did.

Aug 3, 20242 min read

SOMETHING THAT IS VERY ICELANDIC

The Icelandic Roots Writing Group recently had a story prompt of “Something That Is Very Icelandic”. The following is the story from...

Aug 3, 20242 min read

A Summer Memory

The cousins, the excitement, the noise and roar of stock car racing, all are unforgettable.

Jul 20, 20243 min read

Interesting Icelander for July: Helgi “magri” Eyvindarson

Helgi, one of the “most excellent settlers” in the Northern part of Iceland.

Jul 20, 20242 min read

Endless Summer Sun, No Winter Fun

A summer in the Arctic in the Gwich’in community of Fort McPherson.

Jul 5, 20244 min read

Strútur’s Saga

by Salín Guttormsson, 16 July 2023 Icelandic Roots is pleased to present a great story written by one of its readers, Salín Guttormsson....

Jul 5, 20243 min read

Baseball History in Manitoba's Interlake

by Sharron Arksey The Icelandic Roots Writers Group wrote about summer memories for their April assignment. It was the first weekend in...

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 22, 20249 min read

Interesting Icelander for June: Geirmund "Heljarskinns" Hjörsson

by Alfreda Duffy Landnámabók (The Book of Settlements) describes Geirmund as “the noblest of all settlers.” According to my Google search...

Jun 8, 20246 min read

The Viking of the 21st Century

Part Three: Gunnar Marel Eggertsson, Welcome back to our third and final instalment of the Viking of the 21st Century series. Part One...

May 25, 20245 min read

The Viking of the 21st Century

Part Two: Íslendingur and her voyage Welcome back to the second of the three-part series of The 21st Century Icelander. We will explore...

May 11, 20245 min read

Mekkin Sveinson Perkins, the Translator

Remembering Mekkin Sveinson Perkins, a talented and driven woman who defied the social norms and its pressures on woman in the workforce.

Apr 25, 20244 min read

Storytelling: Another of those Things I’m Pretty Sure Is Bred in the Bone

Gestur Davidson (I653929) April 28, 2022 In a little self-talk I had with myself a bit ago downstairs in my kitchen — and thinking about...

Apr 25, 20244 min read

The Ásbirningar Clan and their Battles in Skagafjörður

Apr 12, 20242 min read

Abandoning Vinland

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