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IR Podcast: Emigration, Geology, and Hot Dogs

Join the Icelandic Roots podcast team and learn how these three unique elements are related to one Snorri individual. By Jack Plumley, a...

2023 Scandinavian Festival Features Iceland!

Special Icelandic Events - Please share by Romayne Kilde, Nordic Culture Clubs Scandinavian Festival The Nordic Culture Clubs and the...

Sharing Conversation About Christmas Traditions

-By Beth Finnson The highlight of Samtal Hour on December 19th was Icelandic Christmas traditions here in North America. That said, the...

Experience of a Lifetime

-By Owen Roberts The Snorri Trip was an experience of a lifetime. From the moment I stepped onto the Icelandair flight in Toronto, it...

Intergenerational Heroes - The Volunteer Team at Icelandic Roots

Guest Article by Arden Jackson CVO (Chief Vinarterta Officer) These pioneers work for the world they will leave behind. They are the...

Klúbbterta Gift Packs

-Submitted by Arden Jackson To celebrate the launch of the Icelandic Roots Book Club, Arden Jackson has created IR Klúbbterta Gift Packs...

Rúgbrauð - Rye Bread Recipe

VERSION 1 by Bryndís Viglundsdóttir 12 dl. Rúgmjöl 6 cups rye flour 2 dl. Hveiti 1 cup white flour 2 dl. Heilhveiti 1 cup whole wheat 2...

Celebrating Easter in Iceland

Linguists maintain that the English word for Easter derives from the name of the Anglo Saxon maiden of spring, Ostara. The month of April...

Vinarterta Icelandic Christmas Cookies

by Heather Goodman Lytwyn I have been making vinarterta for years. This year I had some prunes left over in the freezer, and so I made...

Delay Bóndadagur!

It has been too cold around here for men to be running around their house barefoot and bare-legged! My husband says we should delay...

Bolludagur, Sprengidagur, Öskudagur with Recipes

Are you making cream puff buns today? Here are a few details and recipes about the Icelandic Holidays this week. Share a variation or a...