Posts Tagged ‘Icelandic Culture’
2025 INLUS Photo Contest Winners
A Summer in Iceland Through Your Eyes We’re pleased to share the results of the first-ever INLUS Photo Contest, which invited our community to submit photos capturing Summer Scenes in Iceland. Over the course of the contest, we received nearly 100 submissions—far more than we expected for our first run. The variety and quality…
Read MorePick The Winning Photos
It’s Time to Vote: Help Us Choose the Winning Photo We’re thrilled to announce that voting is now open for the first-ever INLUS Photo Contest! We received almost 100 submissions celebrating the theme of Summer Scenes in Iceland—and we’ve been absolutely blown away by the talent, heart, and perspective shared by our community. These images…
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 MoreThe First INLUS Photo Contest
Calling All Shutterbugs: Announcing the first INLUS Photo Contest If you’re like most of us at INLUS, your camera roll is probably brimming with stunning images of Iceland—pictures your friends and family have admired (and maybe seen one too many times). That’s why we’re thrilled to announce our first-ever INLUS Photo Contest, created to celebrate…
Read MoreDon’t Be a Tourist, Be a Snorri!
Note: Deadlines for Snorri and Snorri Plus 2025 have been extended! Snorri applications will be accepted until Monday, February 17. Registration for Snorri Plus is open until Saturday, March 1. For more information and to apply, visit www.snorri.is. Questions? Email info@snorri.is. Julie Summers Snorri Programs Co-Project Manager Snorri 2012 alumna It sounds cliché, but…
Read MoreA Snorri West Participant Experiences an Icelandic Roots Success Story
Note: The Snorri West program brings Icelanders 20 – 30 years of age to North America for a four-week summer trip. The 2025 program application deadline is Monday, February 17. The cost for the 2025 program will be USD 3000. To learn more, go to the Snorri.is website. By Jody Arman-Jones, Co-Director Snorri West…
Read MoreMaking Peace With Þetta Reddast
Note: Codi Shogren wrote about her 2024 experience in the Snorri Program- a unique opportunity for North American Icelandic descendants to spend six weeks in Iceland learning about and exploring the country. The deadline for applying to the 2025 Snorri Program is fast approaching (January 13, 2025). The program cost for 2025 is $7200 USD,…
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