Following a complaint from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, a star dedicated to Icelandic musician Björgvin Halldórsson, embedded into a sidewalk in Hafnarfjörður, has been
As Iceland enters the annual Christmas Book Flood, a recent survey shows that Icelanders are reading more than in recent years. Survey respondents read 2.3
Reykjavík’s so-called “Oslo tree” was lit in Austurvöllur square to mark the first day of Advent yesterday. The tradition marks the beginning of the Christmas
Film composer Hildur Guðnadóttir and classical composer Anna Þorvaldsdóttir both have a reason to attend the upcoming Grammy awards in January. Hildur has been
The Icelandic men’s football team played their final match at the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers yesterday evening. Among the evening’s highlights was the performance of
Around 700 Icelandic manuscripts are kept at the University of Copenhagen. Anne Mette Hansen, assistant professor in Nordic Studies, believes that’s where they should stay.
An abundance of shipwrecks off the coast of Eyrarbakki, South Iceland, suggest it was likely Iceland’s largest trading post until the 20th century, RÚV reports.
A record number of works of fiction are set to be published this year in Iceland, RÚV reports. A surge of publications in children’s literature,
The eventual separation of church and state is inevitable, writes Minister of Justice Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir in an op-ed in Morgunblaðið this morning. The Church
