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A Peek At Icelandic Camp with Jesse
By Shaune Jonasson As the days lengthen with temperatures rising, dreams of summer arise. If you are the age of 8 – 17, here’s a...
Mar 283 min read
Icelandic Roots - Focus for 2025
Icelandic Roots Art and Culture Theme for 2025
Jan 33 min read
A Summer Memory
The cousins, the excitement, the noise and roar of stock car racing, all are unforgettable.
Aug 3, 20242 min read
Endless Summer Sun, No Winter Fun
A summer in the Arctic in the Gwich’in community of Fort McPherson.
Jul 20, 20242 min read
Submit an article to Rætur Fréttir/Roots News
Do you have an idea for an interesting article? A story about your ancestor? A travel report about your latest visit to Iceland? We're...
May 11, 20242 min read
The Saga of the Golden Curse - Part One
Icelandic Roots is pleased to help introduce a new book: A Viking Legend: The Descendants of Odin written by Ainsley Bloomer. We present...
Feb 3, 20247 min read
October's Interesting Icelander:
Agnes Magnúsdóttir 27 October 1795 – 12 January 1830 October’s interesting Icelander is a gruesome tale of love, greed, jealousy,...
Oct 15, 20234 min read
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...
Sep 1, 20233 min read
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...
Apr 30, 20231 min read
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...
Dec 25, 20223 min read
Dominion Day 1927
An account of the 1927 Confederation Day celebration in Ottawa, Canada.
Jul 3, 20222 min read
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....
Jul 3, 20223 min read
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...
Apr 2, 20223 min read
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...
Apr 2, 20222 min read
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...
Mar 12, 20225 min read
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.
Feb 10, 20225 min read
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