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Mar 19, 2023
3 min

Anna Sigrídur Gudmundsdóttir Sigbjörnsson, a cultured woman with connections

By Sigrídur Matthíasdóttir & Thorgerdur Einarsdóttir Note: This article is drawn from a lengthy academic article exploring a...

Mar 19, 2023
4 min

The Windows of Brimnes: An American in Iceland

The Icelandic Roots Book Club for Thursday, April 6, 2023, will feature The Windows of Brimnes: An American in Iceland by Bill Holm....

Mar 5, 2023
4 min

The Sólskin Children, a Reykjavík Hobo, and a Poem

By Ruth Cartwright Poem by Nelson S. Gerrard One hundred fifty letters from first, second, and third-generation Icelandic children living...

Feb 19, 2023
3 min

Prophetic Dreams: A Curse or a Legacy

The Icelandic Roots Book Club for Thursday, March 2, 2023, will feature Prophetic Dreams: a Curse or a Legacy with author Alfreða...

Jan 6, 2023
3 min

Honored at Bessastaðir on New Year's Day

Congratulations to Cathy Josephson! She was awarded the Knight‘s Cross of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon at Bessastaðir on New Year's...

Dec 11, 2022
7 min

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, 2022
7 min

Storyboard Project Documents The Mountain N.D. Settlement

-The project will tell the story of Vikur Lutheran Church and the Mountain settlement By Loretta Thorfinnson Bernhoft and Sandy...

Dec 11, 2022
3 min

How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island

The Icelandic Roots Book Club for Thursday, January 5, 2023, will feature How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small...

Oct 30, 2022
2 min

Air Force Girls In Rescue Teams

Icelandic Roots Genealogist Doreen "Kristy" Kristjanson shared the following story from the Icelandic Roots database: Anna Louise Peden...

Oct 30, 2022
1 min

Three Brothers Who Served

The book “Veterans of Icelandic Descent World War II” published by the Jon Sigurdsson Chapter IODE (1990) includes a lengthy chapter that...

Oct 14, 2022
4 min

The Viking Immigrants: Icelandic North Americans

The Icelandic Roots Book Club Nov 3 Featuring: The Viking Immigrants: Icelandic North Americans with L.K. Bertram By Heather Goodman...

Oct 2, 2022
5 min

LEIFUR EIRÍKSSON DAY

by Doreen (Borgfjord) McFarlane In the month of October, we celebrate everyone’s favourite Viking, Leifur Eiríksson. (Unlike German, the...

Sep 4, 2022
3 min

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...

Aug 20, 2022
1 min

Write Your Family Story

Coming fall 2022 - Icelandic Roots Members Only Writing Seminars We believe your life story is important and deserves to be written down...

Aug 20, 2022
2 min

Finding Point Roberts, Washington, U.S.A.

Point Roberts is a geo-political oddity. The western United States-Canadian border follows the 49th parallel because of the Oregon Treaty...

Aug 20, 2022
3 min

Walking Tour of Reykjavik Public Sculptures

As visitors to Reykjavik quickly discover, the city loves its public sculptures. Whether in parks, squares or adorning public buildings,...

Jun 19, 2022
4 min

Bárðar Saga Snæfellsáss

Probably the best-known saga to highlight Snæfellsnes is Bárðar Saga Snæfellsáss (The Saga of Bárður God of Snæfellsnes). This saga tells...

Jun 5, 2022
6 min

One Day on Snaefellsnes

by Christal (Oliver) Speer IR# 637679 On a beautiful sunny day in June 2004, my family and I headed in our rented van to the Snaefellsnes...

Jun 5, 2022
1 min

The Icelandic Root’s Book Club begins this week!

We are excited to launch our book club with a webinar by the First Lady of Iceland, Eliza Reid, talking about her new book, Secrets of...

Jun 5, 2022
2 min

A Treasured Memory

By Christal Speer On a family vacation to Iceland in 2004, one of the first places we visited was the marvelous Skogar Folk Museum in...