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Jakobína Johnson
Jakobína Sigurbjörnsdóttir Johnson an accomplished writer in N America and Iceland
Jun 66 min read
Icelandic Roots 2025 Tour to Iceland (27 Aug–08 Sep 2025)
Embark on a journey that transcends time with the Icelandic Roots 2025 Tour to Iceland (August 27–September 8, 2025.) It's a fabulous and...
May 262 min read
Interesting Icelander for May 2025
By Brian Borgford Welcome to our Interesting Icelander series for 2025 with a focus on Icelandic Art and Culture. Our May profile...
May 233 min read
Icelandic Roots in Gimli at the INLNA Convention 2025
INLNA Convention in 2025 in Gimli - recap of events.
May 109 min read
The Day Iceland Stood Still: A new feature documentary about 12 hours that sparked a revolution
A new feature documentary set in Iceland about 12 hours that sparked a revolution
Apr 263 min read
Interesting Icelander for March 2025
Jón Leifs, Icelandic Composer by Gay Strandemo Welcome to our Interesting Icelander series for 2025 with a focus on Icelandic Art and...
Mar 154 min read
Celebrating Valentine’s Day
Celebrating Valentine's Day in Iceland
Jan 314 min read
Tiny and Mighty: Hvolsvöllur, Iceland brings Viking Ancestors to Life
Njál’s Saga brought to life in tapestry.
Jan 183 min read
Aegir Claimed
by Gerry Stefanson Image from https://www.redriverancestry.ca/SUZANNE-E.php At about 9 p.m. on September 24, 1965, the Suzanne-E , a...
Jan 32 min read
My Irish Vínarterta Making Mom
Author's note: I got an email from Rob Olason asking if I had any vínarterta stories. He is the editor of the Icelandic Roots newsletter....
Nov 23, 20244 min read
Interesting Icelander for November: Vilhjálmur Stefánsson
Interesting Icelander for November 2024
Nov 21, 20244 min read
They left for Minnesota…
Celebrating the Icelandic settlement in Minneota 150 years earlier.
Oct 25, 20243 min read
Blessed Amma - The Deuce of August celebration in North Dakota
Excitement blossomed deep within me as I imagined being among people who loved everything Icelandic as much as I did.
Aug 17, 20246 min read
Baseball History in Manitoba's Interlake
by Sharron Arksey The Icelandic Roots Writers Group wrote about summer memories for their April assignment. It was the first weekend in...
Jul 5, 20243 min read
The 2024 Deuce and Dagurinn
The mid-continent celebrations of Icelandic heritage are moving into high gear when Mountain, North Dakota's The Deuce of August...
Jul 5, 20241 min read
Interesting Icelander for June: Geirmund "Heljarskinns" Hjörsson
by Alfreda Duffy Landnámabók (The Book of Settlements) describes Geirmund as “the noblest of all settlers.” According to my Google search...
Jun 22, 20249 min read
The Viking of the 21st Century
Part Three: Gunnar Marel Eggertsson, Welcome back to our third and final instalment of the Viking of the 21st Century series. Part One...
Jun 8, 20246 min read
The Viking of the 21st Century
Part Two: Íslendingur and her voyage Welcome back to the second of the three-part series of The 21st Century Icelander. We will explore...
May 25, 20245 min read
Growing Up In Gimli
A talk at Icelandic Roots’ Samtal Hour on March 11, 2024 By W.D. Valgardson Victoria, BC I was told that many people in this group did...
May 25, 202412 min read
Interesting Icelander for May - Gunnar Gunnarsson
By Sunna Olafson Furstenau Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889-1975 and IR Database I160778) is an Icelandic writer of over 20 novels and many other...
May 25, 20243 min read
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