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2023 Scandinavian Festival Features Iceland!
Special Icelandic Events - Please share by Romayne Kilde, Nordic Culture Clubs Scandinavian Festival The Nordic Culture Clubs and the...
May 27, 20231 min read
The Icelandic Emigration Journey - From Turfhouses to Prairie Homesteads
Update: Find the associated book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/05YtoEMP Emigration from Iceland began much later than in other countries....
May 27, 20232 min read
Many IR Teammates Gather in Banff
Twenty-three Icelandic Roots volunteers and five family members are in Banff celebrating the Icelandic National League's Convention...
May 14, 20233 min read
Dare to Share: Do You Have a Favourite Book or Author?
The Icelandic Roots Book Club reaches its First Anniversary. Heather recaps the past year and provides a glimpse of what is to come for...
May 13, 20234 min read
The 1816 Iceland Census
The 1816 Census is a wonderful resource that includes names, household positions, the farm they are living on, their marital status, age,...
Apr 2, 20234 min read
My Saga with Saint Thorlák
Submitted By Aimée O’Connell, Guest Author It was one of those mornings that homeschooling families know very well: the kids were...
Dec 11, 20227 min read
Turkeys and a Christmas Cat
by Sharron Arksey A husband watched his young wife prepare the turkey. “Why do you always cut it in half before putting it in the...
Dec 11, 20222 min read
My War Years
By Sverrir Sigurdsson Friday, May 10, 1940, was a momentous day in the world’s history. Nazi Germany unleashed blitzkrieg attacks against...
Nov 10, 20226 min read
The Bachelor Invasion
By W.D. Valgardson The Royal Navy and Royal Marines, who occupied Iceland on May 10, 1940, weren’t invited. They just appeared like...
Nov 10, 20225 min read
Local Veterans Lie in Foreign Cemeteries
By Kathy Thorlakson Each Memorial Day and Veterans Day, thoughts of how we honor our war heroes come to mind. Several years ago, the...
Oct 30, 20225 min read
Happy Birthday, Icelandic Roots!
Nine years ago, Icelandic Roots was a dream shared by a group of Western Icelanders who wanted to connect with others across North...
Oct 30, 20222 min read
LEIFUR EIRÍKSSON DAY
by Doreen (Borgfjord) McFarlane In the month of October, we celebrate everyone’s favourite Viking, Leifur Eiríksson. (Unlike German, the...
Oct 2, 20225 min read
2022 IR Fitness Challenge Completed
The Icelandic Roots Fitness Challenge 2022 officially ended on August 6th. Altogether there were 14 teams ranging from 2 to 10 people and...
Sep 4, 20223 min read
Menningarnótt 2022
Reykjavík’s anniversary has been celebrated on August 18th since 1786 when the Danish King lifted the Trade Monopoly on Iceland and...
Aug 12, 20222 min read
Commerce Day-Iceland's First Monday in August Public Holiday
The first Monday of August is Commerce Day, a public holiday in Iceland. This creates a long summer weekend known as Verslunarmannahelgi...
Jul 31, 20222 min read
Icelandic Roots at the Heritage Celebrations
Icelandic Roots genealogists will be LIVE for the important Icelandic Heritage Celebrations in North Dakota and Manitoba at the end of...
Jul 17, 20224 min read
Mr. and Mrs. Ingimar Ingaldson attend Millennial Celebration of Alþingi, Iceland's Parliament
By C.R. (Rus) Magnusson Icelandic Roots Volunteer Genealogist Database Media Team Leader Translations Team Leader Ingimar Ingaldson,...
Jul 16, 20228 min read
Dominion Day 1927
An account of the 1927 Confederation Day celebration in Ottawa, Canada.
Jul 3, 20222 min read
Icelandic Roots July Book Club Selection
By Heather Lytwyn Be Still the Water, by Karen Emilson is the focus of the next Icelandic Roots Book Club members' event on July 7,...
Jul 3, 20223 min read
2022 August the Deuce Celebration
The 123rd Annual Deuce of August Icelandic Celebration gets underway on Friday, July 30th in Mountain, North Dakota. If you've never...
Jul 3, 20221 min read
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