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Echoes
Memories lurk at L'Anse Aux Meadows.
Aug 17, 20241 min read
Torfhús at L’Anse aux Meadows
Does the Torfhús at L’Anse aux Meadows smell the same as the ones remembered in Iceland?
Aug 3, 20244 min read
Interesting Icelander for July: Helgi “magri” Eyvindarson
Helgi, one of the “most excellent settlers” in the Northern part of Iceland.
Jul 20, 20243 min read
Castles and Old Manuscripts
By Bryndís Víglundsdóttir Editor's Note: Icelandic Roots brings you another article from one of our favourite storytellers, Bryndís...
Jun 22, 20247 min read
What Are You Doing on Jón Sigurðsson’s Birthday?
By Rob Olason Editor's Note: Icelandic Roots is encouraging everyone to jot down a quick diary entry to document their day on June 17,...
Jun 8, 20243 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 Viking of the 21st Century
Viking Ships
May 11, 20244 min read
April’s Interesting Icelander: Halldor Laxness, Iceland’s Literary Icon
By Doreen (Borgfjord) McFarlane For its small size and population, Iceland is a giant when it comes to literary accomplishments as well...
Apr 25, 20244 min read
Wasteland with Words
By Jason Doctor “One can see... in the Icelanders’ obsession with literacy, an urge to impose order on the desolation of the Icelandic...
Apr 12, 20243 min read
Book Club - May 2024
The Icelandic Roots Book Club for Thursday May 2, 2024 will feature Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night. It is important to note that...
Apr 12, 20242 min read
Reconstructing Old Iceland from North America - Part Two
Jakob Sigurðsson and his Melsted Edda by Jason Doctor and Cathy Josephson Editor’s Note: You will recall Part One addresses the life,...
Apr 12, 20246 min read
Reconstructing Old Iceland from North America - Part One
Jakob Sigurðsson and his Melsted Edda by Jason Doctor and Cathy Josephson Today if you want to see pictures of the Norse gods, an...
Mar 27, 20248 min read
Travel Back to Iceland’s Saga Era in Upcoming Icelandic Roots Seminar
By Rob Olason Making a trip to Iceland is an inevitable “wish list” activity for many western Icelanders and other travelers who are...
Mar 15, 20242 min read
Ari the Wise: Our Interesting Icelander for March 2024
By Gay Strandemo This month we continue learning about interesting Icelanders that were important to the settlement era of Iceland. As a...
Mar 15, 20243 min read
Nineteenth Century Education in/of Iceland: A Journey of Learning for Pliny Miles - 1852
By Brian Borgford “In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue.” People of a certain age will remember the little...
Mar 15, 20243 min read
Iceland: An Outsider's View (1845)
by Brian Borgford “I must confess that I found the character of the Icelanders in every respect below the estimate I had previously...
Feb 29, 20243 min read
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...
Feb 29, 20246 min read
A World Away from Home: The Saga of Undina
By Steve Stephens Note: Listen to Steve Stephens talk about his journey translating "The Poems of Undina" in an Icelandic Roots webinar...
Feb 3, 20245 min read
Interesting Icelander for January 2024
By Shaune Jonasson Welcome to our first Interesting Icelander of 2024 who also happens to be an important part of this year’s theme, the...
Jan 20, 20243 min read
Book Club: February 2024
by Heather Goodwin Lytwyn On February 1st, the Icelandic Roots Book Club will feature the author Margaret Willson and talk to her about...
Jan 20, 20242 min read
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