The Origins of Vínarterta
By Jón Jóhannesson Jónsson Western Icelanders have loved vínarterta for a very long time. They have been making it for over a century for...
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Dec 23, 202315 min read
The Twelve Thousand Vínartertas of Christmas
By Rob Olason Over the previous twelve days before Christmas in 2023, a conversation exploded over a topic every Western Icelander has a...
Dec 9, 20237 min read
Icelandic Roots 10th Anniversary Trip to Iceland
By Alisa Jones My mom, Susan Huff, is a volunteer with Icelandic Roots. I was able to come on the 10th anniversary trip of Icelandic...
Dec 9, 20236 min read
Icelandic Roots 10th Anniversary Trip to Iceland
By Susan Huff It has been five years since I was last in Iceland when I lived there with my husband as Records Preservation Missionaries...
Dec 9, 20234 min read
Book Club - January 2024
The Icelandic Roots Book Club is back for another eventful season. As winter has endeared itself to many of us, it's a great time for...
Dec 9, 20233 min read
2023 Snorri Plus Experience: A Summer Adventure in Iceland
By Terri Kristjanson Wintonyk After hearing about the Snorri Plus program on an Icelandic Roots Samtal Hour, I was hooked! Participating...
Dec 9, 20233 min read
Minneota - An Icelandic Community
Note: Find the link to the recording of this webinar at the bottom of this post. By Kathryn Rothman Judy Dickson and the Samtal attendees...
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
Introducing Peanut Butter and Pandemonium
This new book written by Anita Daher, Peanut Butter and Pandemonium, a second book following Peanut Butter and Chaos, we read about Sam's...
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 9, 20232 min read
The Sagas of Vopnafjörður
Icelandic Roots Volunteer Cathy Josephson guides us on a literary journey through the Sagas of the Icelanders that take place in the...
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, 20234 min read
October's Interesting Icelander:
Agnes Magnúsdóttir 27 October 1795 – 12 January 1830 October’s interesting Icelander is a gruesome tale of love, greed, jealousy,...
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...
Oct 1, 20236 min read
The Marvel of Icelandic Roots, Now and in the Future
Editor’s Note: I’ve been piecing together the Icelandic Roots “story” through a series of articles celebrating the organization’s tenth...
Sep 1, 20231 min read
Drawing Mundi
By Gay Strandemo Bryndís Víglundsdóttir is a superb storyteller and my job is to keep up with her as an illustrator. After we...
Sep 1, 20236 min read
A Sharp and Veery Steep Learning Curve - Surviving the Early Years of Icelandic Roots
By Rob Olason While it seemed to Sunna Furstenau that launching Icelandic Roots took a great effort and years to achieve, her real task...
Aug 19, 20235 min read
DNA, Genealogy and That Magic Thing That Makes an Icelander an Icelander-Roots of Icelandic Roots
By Rob Olason Icelandic Roots is celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2023. But to arrive at the birthdate of Icelandic Roots in 2013,...
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