Category: Reviews Archive

Hestar (‘Horses’) is a rather unusual book, which recently entered Icelandic bookstores. The title-less cover speaks for itself with a collage of drawn horse portraits. Painter

This book starts with a health warning. It’s a warning about the validity of trusting that all Icelanders believe in hidden people. Sure, some do

The gyrfalcon, the largest of all falcons, was worshipped among Vikings and sought after by European kings and members of aristocracy. Its trade became an

Place of the Heart by acclaimed Icelandic author, Steinunn Sigurðardóttir, is the product of a clear love for the author’s homeland, particularly the stunning and rugged

The trilingual book Vatnagarpar (‘Water Heroes’) by Jens Einarsson documents the journey of eight riders and their horses in words and photos, crossing 17 glacial rivers while

A must for any Icelandophile, this book from Alda Sigmundsdóttir is a follow-up to her earlier The Little Book of The Icelanders. Alda has written several books, both

If given only two words to describe Jón Gnarr’s recent memoir, Gnarr! How I Became the Mayor of a Large City in Iceland and Changed the

When most people think of Vikings, the stereotypical helmet with horns comes to mind. Guðmundur Magnússon squashes this misconception immediately within the first few pages

A teenage Hannah Kent first visited Iceland on a Rotary Exchange. It must have had a profound effect on her, as some years later she