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Icelandic Camp 2023 - A Resounding Success and Fun for All

And that's a wrap! Brad Hirst, CEO of the Icelandic Camp, recaps the highlights and joys experienced at the 2023 Camp, the first after a...

Interesting People Who Emigrated and Returned to Iceland

A three-part presentation of Icelanders who left for the West to return to their beloved Icelanders with unique accomplishments. In...

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...

Dominion Day 1927

An account of the 1927 Confederation Day celebration in Ottawa, Canada.

Gardar, North Dakota-An Icelandic Settlement Community

By Sharon Laxdal Gardar is a small community in northeast North Dakota, with its original Icelandic settlers homesteading here in 1879....

Icelandic Roots Online Book Club

Our new book club will be launched on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, with the First Lady of Iceland, Eliza Reid! We are so honored to host her...

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...

Fljótsdæla saga

Fljótsdæla saga was the last of the forty family sagas written. It was likely written in the 15th or 16th Century. Most believe it was...

Auður djúpúðga "Aud the deep-minded"

Auður was intelligent, compassionate, and gracious toward others. The sagas tell an important story of the life of this female leader.