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Aug 31
4 min

Immigrating to America

The Icelandic Roots Writers Group used an exercise to create a dialogue between two people planning to emigrate. By Doreen Borgfjord...

Jul 5
3 min

Stories, Sagas, and Captivating Tales-The First Decade of Icelandic Roots

By Rob Olason In 2012, Icelandic Roots was the name of a blog Sunna Furstenau started to document her role as the Icelandic National...

Jun 29
6 min

Secrets Beneath the Earth in an Icelandic Cemetery

We’ve been working on a mystery, and for now … it remains unsolved. Where is the exact burial location? The secrets are beneath the earth.

May 11
5 min

Mekkin Sveinson Perkins, the Translator

Remembering Mekkin Sveinson Perkins, a talented and driven woman who defied the social norms and its pressures on woman in the workforce.

Apr 12
2 min

Abandoning Vinland

The Icelandic Roots Writers Group used an exercise to create a dialogue between two people planning to emigrate. By Bryndís...

Feb 29
1 min

All new! The Icelandic Connection literary journal

by Sharron Arksey Although the last print edition of The Icelandic Connection came out in the summer of 2023, the saga of the literary...

Feb 29
6 min

Bibles in the Icelandic Immigration to North America: Part One

by Doreen M (Borgfjord) McFarlane At the time of the immigration, 1875–1914, nearly all Icelanders were baptised and confirmed in the...

Dec 9, 2023
4 min

Book Club - January 2024

The Icelandic Roots Book Club is back for another eventful season. As winter has endeared itself to many of us, it's a great time for...

Dec 9, 2023
3 min

Minneota - An Icelandic Community

Note: Find the link to the recording of this webinar at the bottom of this post. By Kathryn Rothman Judy Dickson and the Samtal attendees...

Nov 11, 2023
4 min

Icelandic Roots Emigration Port Plaques

By Rob Olason In September 2023 a group of Icelandic Roots volunteers traveled to Iceland to dedicate four monuments in four emigration...

Oct 29, 2023
3 min

Why The Icelanders Left

By Sharron Arksey Why did thousands of Icelanders leave their homeland for North America in the late 1800s and early 1900s? The easy...

Oct 29, 2023
5 min

1887 Icelandic Emigrants

by Willie Engelson As Willie is researching an 1887 travel journal that tells of his great grandparents and their journey to Washington...

Oct 29, 2023
5 min

The Vinland Sagas

The voyages to Vinland from Greenland are described in Eiríks saga rauða (The Saga of Erik the Red) and Grænlendinga saga (The Saga of...

Oct 15, 2023
3 min

Three Western Icelandic Organizations Join Hands For an Online Event

IR Webinar hosted by INLNA and INLUS The Icelandic Roots Database is the subject of a joint Icelandic National League of North America...

Aug 6, 2023
7 min

The Icelandic Celebration of 1928 and 95 Years Later

In 1928, the Icelandic community of northeast North Dakota celebrated the Golden Jubilee, the 50th anniversary of the settlement. A book,...

Jul 23, 2023
3 min

July's Interesting Icelander

The Interesting Icelander series is profiling a most important man in the establishment of New Iceland. Meet Ólafur Ólafsson, the man who...

Jul 8, 2023
9 min

Torfhildur Hólm

The story of Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir Hólm (2 February 1845- 14 November 1918) is the third in a three-series article of famous...

Jun 25, 2023
5 min

The Power of Icelandic Poetry

by Sverrir Sigurdsson Works of art, such as music, literature, and paintings, have been known to move a country to action, change social...

Jun 7, 2023
2 min

Registration for the Icelandic Roots Fitness Challenge 2023 is now Open!

Calling one and all! It's time! Registration is under way for this year's Fitness Challenge. Tighten your laces and let's get moving! Our...

May 27, 2023
2 min

IR Podcast: Emigration, Geology, and Hot Dogs

Join the Icelandic Roots podcast team and learn how these three unique elements are related to one Snorri individual. By Jack Plumley, a...