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May 27
1 min

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 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...