Author: Anna Andersen
Man Drives Body To Hospital, Admits Murder
A twenty five year old man admitted yesterday evening to murdering the twenty year old mother of their two year…
ICELAND’S BIG BROTHER IN LAW?
Passed by the parliament and quietly signed by the President just before the country shut down for its four-day Easter…
Ten Mundane Things You Can’t Really Do In Iceland
While there are a number of totally wild and out there things to do in Iceland (at least fifty, according…
Björk Gives Website A Biophilia Makeover
Björk has launched a groovy redesign of her website, bjork.com, in the style of her upcoming multimedia project, Biophilia. She…
Geothermal Water Causes Damages in Reykjavík
A pipe carrying hot water to the Árbær neighbourhood of Reykjavík broke last night causing reported damage to about twenty…
Taking Out The Trash
The concept of a ‘trash day’ will soon take on a whole new meaning for the hitherto spoiled residents of…
Icesave Referendum: Early Numbers Indicate No – UPDATED 12:20 AM
Preliminary numbers are in on the Icesave agreement referendum. Of the first 35708 votes counted, 56.8% have voted ‘No’ and…
A Censored Exhibit Opens Afresh
Koddu: The Icelandic CaseLast November, a trio of Icelandic artists were going to put on an exhibition about Iceland’s economic…
The Fox Is Still White, It’s DesignMarch, Svavar Was Shocked
It’s Friday, March 25, 2011 and the front pages are happening as usual. Fréttablaðið reports, the eight year old boy…
Design In Times Of Change
“Since the collapse of the Icelandic financial system and ongoing similar trends around the world during the last decade, many…
Where Is Iceland’s Stock Exchange Today?
Much like Britney Spears, the Iceland Stock Exchange went from topping the charts to having a meltdown in 2008 to…
Vík Prjónsdóttir Grows And Matures
Vík Prjónsdóttir was born in 2005, the brainchild of five Icelandic designers in collaboration with Víkurprjón, the knitting factory where…
It’s Snowy Out, Gas Is Pricey, Pálmi Must Have Buddies At The Bank
Today is March 2, 2011. Morgunblaðið features a photo of a few girls walking in a wintery scene. It’s “like…
Singing Goddess Graces Iceland
It’s always a treat to have Eivór Pálsdóttir in Iceland. It’s a treat because Eivór, a singer/songwriter from neighbouring Faroe…
Gas Prices Peak, Men Grow Moustaches
On the front page, Morgunblaðið reports, “interest costs [are] overrated.” Advocate to the Supreme Court Reimar Pétursson says the estimated…
Governing Parties Unpopular, Kids Eat Buns, Pálmi Is Deceptive
On the front page of Morgunblaðið, “The Icelandic Regional Development Institute continues to lose,” money and lots of it (come…
New Garbage Bin Rules, Icelanders For Icesave, DV Is Dreamy
Today is February 25, 2011. On the front page of Morgunblaðið, a city employee is seen measuring the distance from…
Iceland To Export Naked Farmers
Who would have guessed that naked Icelandic farmers would become one of Iceland’s exports? However, a news story on Vísir…
Gullfoss Is Beautiful, Mál Og Menning Owners Were Crooked
Today is February 24, 2011. On the front page, Morgunblaðið prints a pretty aerial photo of Gullfoss waterfall. “Gullfoss a…
An Earthquake Hits Christchurch, Icesave Is Still Uncertain & Girls Lost In Crack House
Fréttablaðið reports, “Icesave turns Constitutional Assembly,” (what? No, Icesave has not become the Constitutional Assembly). The story is actually about…
A New Reign of Terror Over Iceland
A relatively new group of Vikings calling themselves, Skálmöld, plan to terrorize Tjarnarbíó with their big bad, Viking metal on…
On The Front Page Today
Fréttablaðið’s big headline of the day reads, “Lending agencies on the rental market.” They aren’t (perhaps something was lost in…
On The Front Page Today
Morgunblaðið, Fréttablaðið and DV are all on the same page about what’s big news today: they feature a large photo…
On The Front Page Today
Welcome to our inaugural roundup of news that made it on the front page of Iceland’s papers today. That is,…
Should Iceland’s Energy Resources Be Public Property?
The National Association of Landowners is hosting a seminar tomorrow on the much-debated topic of whether Iceland’s energy resources should…