Words by

The Reykjavík Grapevine and Andie Sophia Fontaine

Photo by

Hakon Broder-Lund

“Let us not forget that the Age of Settlement was a time of cultural diversity, or that it was the close bonds with other countries that laid the foundation for our achievements in literature and our material progress in later times. Let us relate our history in all its glory and all its grief, and in the way we choose in the 21st century.”

– President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, during his inaugural address.