Connect Newsletter Spring 2025 Releases

INLUS Photo Contest! The Spring 2025 edition of the Connect is now available on the INLUS.org website. The pages are filled with all new stories on Icelandic culture in North America and Iceland. The Connect opens with the first ever INLUS Photo Contest. We want to see your photos of “Summer in Iceland.” This March,…

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Western Icelandic Settlements -INLUS-INLNA Webinar

Western Icelanders: Our Story Our Legacy This is a Joint Webinar of the INLNA and the INLUS on February 20th , 2025 at 7 pm CT Icelandic settlers founded communities all across North America, coast to coast. Each has a unique story to tell and legacy to celebrate. Susan Bearnson Huff shares the story of…

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New Winter 2024 Connect Newsletter

Gleðileg jól, Merry Christmas! The latest edition of the Connect is now available on the INLUS.org website.  (Newsletters Page Link HERE) The Winter Connect is loaded with holiday treats and details of holiday events happening in Icelandic clubs across the country. In the first week of December, three Icelandic clubs offer holiday gatherings. If you…

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Vikings in North America and North Americans in Iceland-INLUS Webinar

Zachary Jordan Melton is a postdoctoral researcher at the Árni Magnússon Institute in Reykjavík. He will be joining us on Wednesday, October 9, to discuss his research. In his presentation, he will discuss the research from his PhD and his current post-doctoral position, and though they are very different, many of the same themes appear.…

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INLUS Webinar – Icelandic Music Traditions

Iceland farm photo

INLUS Webinar on Icelandic Music Traditions with Caitlin Vitale-Sullivan Cait Vitale-Sullivan spent August in Iceland studying the folk music traditions of the people after receiving a grant from the American Scandinavian Foundation. During the 2023-2024 year, Cait was awarded an American Scandinavian Foundation Folk Artist Fellowship to study with musicians Chris Foster and Bára Grímsdóttir…

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New Fall 2024 Connect Newsletter

Summer Newsletter Cover

The latest edition of the Connect is now available on the INLUS.org website.  (Newsletters Page Link HERE) The fall Connect is jam-packed with stories from summer and a taste of fall opportunities on the horizon. We start with a look at the 125th “running” of the Deuce of August, then take a peek at the…

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INLUS Webinar – Icelandic Emigration Center

INLUS Webinar on Vesturfarasetrið, the Iceland Emigration Center  The Icelandic Emigration Center, Vesturfarasetrið, was a dream of its founder, Valgeir Thorvaldsson, when he looked at the sleepy Northern Iceland village of Hofsós in 1990. Hofsós was a historic trading village and was the region where the first historic European settler to North America, Thorfinnur Karlsefni resided.…

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June 17: Iceland Celebrates Independence

All across Iceland, the island nation’s citizens celebrate their independence with a nationwide party. A parade in Reykjavík kicks off a day of festivities in the capital city which includes street fairs, carnival rides, brass bands and even an accordion dance party. The rest of the country celebrates national independence with a Viking festival in…

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New Summer 2024 Connect Newsletter

Summer Newsletter Cover

The latest edition of the Connect is now available on the INLUS.org website.  (Newsletters Page Link HERE) The publication is filled with information on upcoming events, learning opportunities and a look at Snorris going East and West. Topics explored in the Connect spring issue include: The cultural exchange Snorri Program brings three Icelanders to North America…

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