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Interesting Icelander for October - Skalla-Grímur
Interesting Icelander for October 2024 is Skalla-Grímur Kveldúlfsson.
Oct 25, 20245 min read
Bringing the Saga Era to the Modern Era: Understanding the Njál Saga Tapestry
The Njál's Saga Tapestry is a monumental work of art that stretches an impressive 90 meters in length, located in the town of...
Oct 11, 20248 min read
Icelandic Roots: Praising and Preserving the Heritage
Editor's Note : The following is an edited excerpt from the article Arfleifðin vegsömuð og varðveitt . This is an article published in...
Oct 11, 20248 min read
The Grass Widow and the Icelander
The Icelandic Roots Writing Group has recently had a story prompt to write about “Something That is Very Icelandic”. The following is the...
Sep 28, 20242 min read
Snorri 2024: Magna Goodman Deepened Her Roots
Snorri 2024 Magna Goodman Deepened Her Roots
Sep 28, 20248 min read
What Does "Very Icelandic” Mean to Me?
A Writers Group exercise about "Something that is very Icelandic"
Sep 14, 20243 min read
Interesting Icelander for September: Jón Árnason
Jón Árnason, an accomplished wealthy landowner and farmer, a parliamentarian, a sheriff, and father of many.
Sep 14, 20243 min read
The Vikings in North America – Fact or Fiction?
The discovery of L’Anse Aux Meadows in the 1960s is proof that the Vikings, discovered North America before Columbus.
Aug 31, 20245 min read
IR Podcast - Reaching Around the Globe
The IR Podcast has reached across the globe.
Aug 31, 20243 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, 20242 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 17, 20246 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, 20244 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...
Jul 5, 20243 min read
Stories, Sagas, and Captivating Tales-The First Decade of Icelandic Roots
By Rob Olason In 2012, Icelandic Roots was the name of a blog Sunna Furstenau started to document her role as the Icelandic National...
Jul 5, 20243 min read
Wasteland with Words
By Jason Doctor “One can see... in the Icelanders’ obsession with literacy, an urge to impose order on the desolation of the Icelandic...
Apr 12, 20243 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 27, 20242 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 29, 20241 min read
Bibles in the Icelandic Immigration to North America: Part One
by Doreen M (Borgfjord) McFarlane At the time of the immigration, 1875–1914, nearly all Icelanders were baptised and confirmed in the...
Feb 29, 20246 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?...
Feb 3, 20243 min read
The Experience of a Lifetime
Note: The 2024 Snorri Program application deadline is mid-January. Find out more at snorri.is By Emily Gudbjartson Going to Iceland with...
Jan 6, 20244 min read
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