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By Magna Goodman, Snorri 2024 Editor's Note: If you are interested in joining the Snorri Program in 2025, the application deadline is...

Jan 38 min read

By Maia Chapman Editor's Note: If you are interested in joining the Snorri Program in 2025, the application deadline is Monday, January...

Dec 7, 20243 min read

Note: Icelandic Language Day (dagur íslenskrar tungu, English: "day of the Icelandic tongue") is celebrated each year on November 16....

Nov 9, 20243 min read

Editor's Note: Emma Kaliel wrote this account about her 2023 Snorri Experience. The 2024 Snorri participants are currently engaged in...

Jun 22, 20243 min read

Snorri West Participants in 2024

Apr 25, 20245 min read

Note: The 2024 Snorri Program application deadline is mid-January. Find out more at snorri.is By Emily Gudbjartson Going to Iceland with...

Jan 6, 20244 min read

2022 Snorri participant Jessica Drake wrote the following poem to commemorate her experience in the Snorri program. She then set the poem...

Apr 28, 20231 min read

Two members of Icelandic Roots' new Podcast Team dropped into Judy Dickson's most recent Samtal Hour and shared what they've been working...

Apr 16, 20232 min read

Editor's note: Laura Hackney wrote this report to give a sense of the valuable background information that is a part of the Snorri Plus...

Dec 25, 20228 min read

Editor's Note: This speech was delivered by Sigfús Haukur Sigfússon, Snorri West 2022 participant, to the INL Iceland convention on...

Dec 25, 20223 min read

-By Owen Roberts The Snorri Trip was an experience of a lifetime. From the moment I stepped onto the Icelandair flight in Toronto, it...

Dec 11, 20222 min read

2022 was a banner year for the unique collaboration between North American Icelandic groups and Iceland. Known as the Snorri Program, ...

Nov 10, 20222 min read