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Aug 32 min read

A Summer Memory

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

Jul 203 min read

Interesting Icelander for July: Helgi “magri” Eyvindarson

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

Jul 202 min read

Endless Summer Sun, No Winter Fun

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

Jul 54 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 53 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 296 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 229 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 86 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 255 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 115 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 254 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 254 min read

The Ásbirningar Clan and their Battles in Skagafjörður

Apr 122 min read

Abandoning Vinland

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

Mar 272 min read

Easter in Iceland

By Brian Borgford For those who strictly observe the Christian religions, Easter is a commemoration of the death and resurrection of...

Mar 223 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...

Mar 151 min read

Book Club: April 2024

On April 4th, 2024, the Icelandic Roots Book Club will welcome Martha Brooks who will talk to us about her first book for adults, Dear...

Feb 291 min read

All new! The Icelandic Connection literary journal

by Sharron Arksey Although the last print edition of The Icelandic Connection came out in the summer of 2023, the saga of the literary...

Feb 166 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 33 min read

Roots Tips...What You Didn't Know You Didn't Know

by Shaune Jonasson Are you stumbling with working through the Icelandic Roots database? Having difficulty with searching for an ancestor?...

Jan 2012 min read

Discovering the Land of Fire and Ice: What We Know about Iceland's Settlement

"So many men of lore claimed land, that the whole country was settled in the course of sixty winters so that since it has not been...