Day: December 22, 2005

From the year 1996, when Sigurdur took the helm, the bank’s balance sheet has grown a thousandfold and shareholders equity by a factor of 365.

Compared with the entire country, the number of foreigners living in Eastern Iceland is noticeable : 24.6% of all men and 6.4% of all women in Eastern Iceland are now foreign citizens.

Most of the tourists were British (55,000) followed by Americans (52,000) and Germans (36,000).