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Sailing through the Westfjords
by Judy Dickson Editor's note: You can view the first leg of this sailing voyage in the previous article in this series. Four members of...
Jul 17, 20222 min read
Icelandic Roots at the Heritage Celebrations
Icelandic Roots genealogists will be LIVE for the important Icelandic Heritage Celebrations in North Dakota and Manitoba at the end of...
Jul 17, 20224 min read
Meet Christina Sunley at the Icelandic Roots Book Club on Thursday August 4
By Heather Goodman Lytwyn The Tricking of Freya, a novel by Christina Sunley, is one of the first contemporary novels by an American...
Jul 17, 20223 min read
The Tale of Auðunn of the Westfjords
With our theme this month of the Westfjords, we discuss this Þáttir (short story) of "Auðunn of the Westfjords". Sometimes this story is...
Jul 17, 20224 min read
Icelandic Roots July Book Club Selection
By Heather Lytwyn Be Still the Water, by Karen Emilson is the focus of the next Icelandic Roots Book Club members' event on July 7,...
Jul 3, 20223 min read
2022 August the Deuce Celebration
The 123rd Annual Deuce of August Icelandic Celebration gets underway on Friday, July 30th in Mountain, North Dakota. If you've never...
Jul 3, 20221 min read
Remembering Afi
The third Sunday of June in the United States and Canada is set aside to honor our fathers and grandfathers, while Iceland celebrates...
Jun 19, 20229 min read
Telling Tales in Hofsós, Skagafjarðarsýsla
Twenty-seven years ago, Valgeir Þorvaldsson began working on a dream. In this dream, he would tell the story of a people. He knew it...
May 21, 20224 min read
Barnasaga-Stories of Women and Children
by Doreen Kristjanson Marston and Þórdís Edda Guðjónsdóttir One of the many special features Icelandic Roots volunteers are working on is...
May 6, 20223 min read
A Visit to Gunna & Valgeir's Farm to See the Lambs
Icelandic Roots Volunteer Mallory Swanson shares her visit to Guðrún Þorvaldsdóttir and Valgeir Þorvaldsson's farm in the Spring of 2022,...
May 6, 20221 min read
Hofsós and Icelandic Roots
This article has many links to more information. Enjoy! On Monday, April 18th, 2022, we are pleased to have Valgeir Þorvaldsson join us...
Apr 14, 20224 min read
Rúgbrauð - Rye Bread Recipe
VERSION 1 by Bryndís Viglundsdóttir 12 dl. Rúgmjöl 6 cups rye flour 2 dl. Hveiti 1 cup white flour 2 dl. Heilhveiti 1 cup whole wheat 2...
Apr 14, 20222 min read
Join The Icelandic Roots Book Club
By Heather Goodman Lytwyn Winnipeg, Manitoba No Time to Read? If you are a member of Icelandic Roots, you will have seen the article...
Apr 8, 20223 min read
Celebrating Easter in Iceland
Linguists maintain that the English word for Easter derives from the name of the Anglo Saxon maiden of spring, Ostara. The month of April...
Apr 8, 20224 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
Skálholt-The Religious, Cultural and Educational Center of Early Iceland
Skálholt Church photo by Jody Arman-Jones Located in the southern part of the Biskupstungur valley between the rivers Hvítá and Brúará,...
Mar 25, 20224 min read
Guðríður Arrives in Vinland 2022
We are so excited to announce Guðríður's Saga is available for purchase! The children's book and complementary coloring book will be...
Mar 13, 20222 min read
Destination Egilsstaðir
Life in Iceland was harsh in the mid-to-late 1800s. At the time, Iceland was part of the Kingdom of Denmark, and Denmark had largely...
Mar 12, 20223 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, 20226 min read
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