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Connect Newsletter Summer 2026 Releases
Summer brings bright sunny days and a chance to capture that perfect image on your camera, uh, phone! If you’re going to Iceland to see the eclipse, or the country, or the people, or, if you’ve taken a spectacular picture in Iceland, we’ve got an opportunity for you: share your great photo with the 2026…
Read MoreThe First Lady Next Door Book Release
Iceland’s Former First Lady, Eliza Reid, Releases Her Memoir in the United States on May 5, 2026. The First Lady Next Door, by Eliza Reid, is the memoir of her time as Iceland’s First Lady, while her husband, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson was Iceland’s President from 2016 to 2024. She subtitles the book “A Memoir…
Read MoreConnect Newsletter Spring 2026 Releases
Spring 2026 Connect Newsletter is Available Now! In a little more than a month, Iceland will celebrate the beginning of summer! Here in North America, we’re still thinking about Spring and with the changing of the seasons, the Icelandic National League of the United States has just posted its spring quarter newsletter, Connect. This issue…
Read MoreThe Day Iceland Stood Still-INLUS Webinar
Icelandic Women Strike! Country Shuts Down! Emmy award-winning filmmaker Pamela Hogan will take us behind the scenes of her latest documentary, THE DAY ICELAND STOOD STILL. A collaboration with acclaimed Icelandic filmmaker Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir, this is the story of one day that changed everything! When 90% of the women of Iceland walked off their…
Read MoreWestern Icelandic Settlements-Minnesota and Alberta-Webinar
This is a Joint Webinar of the INLNA and the INLUS on Tuesday, June 24th at 8 pm EDT / 7 pm CDT / 6 pm MDT / 5 pm PDT An intriguing series of webinars exploring Icelandic settlement history launched in 2025, which explores the origins of Icelandic communities in North America. Kathryn Rothman…
Read MoreIntersecting Worlds-Author’s Corner With Jenna Grace Sciuto
Intersecting Worlds – Iceland and the U.S. South Professor of English, Jenna Grace Sciuto PhD, is the author of Intersecting Worlds which explores colonialist themes in Icelandic and U.S. Southern literature. Examining the work of twentieth-century Icelandic novelists, including Halldór Laxness, Svava Jakobsdóttir, Guðbergur Bergsson, and Fríða Áslaug Sigurðardóttir and U.S. Southern writers, like William Faulkner, Gayl…
Read MorePhotographing The Horse Réttir -INLUS Webinar
Gathering the Icelandic horse herd before winter sets in… Photographer Nancy Johnson and artist Gail Murton share their photos and adventures photographing the 2024 Réttir in Skagafjörður in Northern Iceland. The area around Skagafjörður is horse country and the annual horse round-up draws people from around the world. Photographer Nancy Johnson and friend, artist Gail…
Read MoreWestern 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…
Read MoreJune 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…
Read MoreUpcoming INLUS Webinar – The Making of the Long Friday
The Making of The Long Friday. On October 24, 1975, the women of Iceland went on strike – they refused to work, cook, and look after children for a day. It was a moment that changed the way women were seen in the country and helped put Iceland at the forefront of the fight for equality.…
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