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Mayor of Reykjavík Jón Gnarr led the Gay Pride parade on Saturday wearing a flowery dress and a wig, waving to the crowd from the back of a truck.
Mayor of Reykjavík Jón Gnarr. Photos by Eygló Svala Arnarsdóttir.
There were 35 floats in the parade this year which progressed down Laugavegur, Reykjavík’s main shopping street, Morgunbladid reports.
The parade ended by Arnarhóll where a concert took place. Among the performers were pop icon Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson and singer Sigrídur Beinteinsdóttir.
Minister of Education Katrín Jakobsdóttir addressed the crowd, emphasizing the importance of the Gay Pride festival.
The day was rainy to begin with but then the skies cleared. The festival’s organizers reported that there were 80,000 to 90,000 people at Gay Pride, a similar number as last year.
The mayor also wore drag at the opening of the festival on Thursday, which caught the attention of the world news.
A petition urging the government to reconsider a proposed bill, in which the terms of the law requiring fishing companies to pay a tariff for their use of Iceland’s fishing resources are to be changed, has been signed by more than 11,000 people.
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Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson is meeting with Prime Minister of Sweden Frederik Reinfeldt today, 
A three-meter long walrus was discovered on the shores by Eyri in the town of Reyðarfjörður in East Iceland yesterday.
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In 1915, women aged 40 and over were granted the right to cast a vote in all official elections held in Iceland.
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The 2013 June-July issue of Iceland Review is out. Themed ‘We Are Young’ the magazine celebrates the arrival of summer by interviewing young energetic Icelanders who excel in art, sports, business and politics—and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, the youngest PM in the republic’s history and the world’s youngest ruling state leader. Click here to take a look at a selection of the current issue and here to subscribe to the magazine.
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The road to Höfn, a 1,690-person harbor town by the fjord Hornafjörður, is lined with reindeer. Whole herds of the wild horned animals rest peacefully on withered pastures, grace next to sheep and horses and bounce along the road. Soon, Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier and the region’s biggest attraction, comes into view. Looming over Höfn, its outlet glaciers flow down from the mountains on which the bright white icecap rests.
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Sin Fang will celebrate the release of his third album with a release concert in Iðnó on June 12. Flowers was released in February by Morr Music and has been well received by music enthusiasts and critics alike. The concert will be supported by Vök, this year’s winners of the Icelandic Music Experiments.
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