2023 Scandinavian Festival Features Iceland!
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Special Icelandic Events - Please share by Romayne Kilde, Nordic Culture Clubs Scandinavian Festival The Nordic Culture Clubs and the...


- May 14
- 3 min
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...


- Apr 16
- 2 min
Cue up the Icelandic Roots Podcast
Three 2022 Snorri Experience participants have joined forces to produce upcoming Icelandic Roots podcasts and have already released their...


- Apr 16
- 2 min
Snorris, Samtals and New Podcasts
Two members of Icelandic Roots' new Podcast Team dropped into Judy Dickson's most recent Samtal Hour and shared what they've been working...


- Mar 19
- 2 min
Unknown Photos Project Makes Discoveries
Icelandic Roots launched the Unknown Photos Project in January 2023 to begin putting names to faces in the photos. This is a real...


- Jan 6
- 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 25, 2022
- 3 min
2022--What a Year It Has Been!
-This is what a team effort looks like! By Rob Olason, Newsletter Coordinator As 2022 wraps up and we turn to the new year, I wanted to...


- Nov 26, 2022
- 2 min
Christmas at Árbær Open-Air Museum (Árbæjarsafn)
Located just south and east of Reykjavík city center, along Route 1 (the Ring Road), and east of the River Elliðaá, lies the Árbær...


- Oct 30, 2022
- 2 min
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 16, 2022
- 2 min
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...


- Sep 18, 2022
- 3 min
IR Genealogist Cathy Josephson Featured in Morgunblaðið
Article by Steinþór Guðbjartsson Cathy Ann Josephson, genealogist living at Refsstaður 2, Vopnafjörður is always ready to assist without...


- Jul 17, 2022
- 4 min
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...


- 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...


- May 6, 2022
- 1 min
A Visit to Gunna & Valgeir's Farm to See the Lambs
Icelandic Roots Volunteer Mallory Swanson shares her visit to Guðrún Þorvaldsdóttir and Valgeir Þorvaldsson's farm in the Spring of 2022,...


- Apr 14, 2022
- 4 min
Hofsós and Icelandic Roots
This article has many links to more information. Enjoy! On Monday, April 18th, 2022, we are pleased to have Valgeir Þorvaldsson join us...


- Apr 8, 2022
- 4 min
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...


- Apr 2, 2022
- 2 min
Icelandic Roots-Rætur Fréttir
On New Year's Eve December 31, 2021 Icelandic Roots turned to its members for assistance by asking a simple request: Help us name our...


- Mar 25, 2022
- 4 min
Skálholt-The Religious, Cultural and Educational Center of Early Iceland
Skálholt Church photo by Jody Arman-Jones Located in the southern part of the Biskupstungur valley between the rivers Hvítá and Brúará,...


- Feb 26, 2022
- 5 min
How I Handled Research for My Memoir
By Sverrir Sigurdsson A memoirist is supposed to depend mainly on his memory. For me, though, I wanted my memoir to reflect not just my...


- Feb 6, 2022
- 2 min
Paying It Forward in 2022
By Douglas Hanson The worldwide pandemic has upturned all our lives in the past two years. What was once routine became difficult or even...
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