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Iceland Wins The Candy Dispute With Denmark
Earlier this week, we reported about a Danish company trying to take credit for an old Icelandic candy-making tradition. [su_pullquote]Best of Reykjavík 2022 Autumn edition is out! To celebrate we are adding a copy to all discount boxes ordered until September 12th!…
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Danes Try To Take Credit For Old Icelandic Candy-Making Tradition
Representatives of the Danish company Lakrids by Bülow seem to claim that the Danes invented a popular way of coating liquorice with chocolate, reports Vísir. [su_pullquote]The Bargain Chest just opened in Grapevine Store. This is where we’ll be keeping all the things…
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This Day In Icelandic History: Danish Trade Monopoly Begins
April 20, 1602, was a momentous day in Iceland. It was on this day that the Kingdom of Denmark first imposed a trade monopoly on Iceland. This didn’t just mean that Iceland could only trade with Denmark; it also meant that only…
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Kingdom Come: Inside Iceland’s Complicated Relationship With The Danes
Writing in ‘A Defence of Iceland’ in 1593, Arngrímur the Learned argued that “we are seriously to consider, what things, and how true, writers have reported of Iceland.” Made up of nearly thirty chapters, the document attempts to dispel foreign myths about…
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Danes Continue To Exploit Iceland, Now Selling Skyr In The UK
Danish milk producer Arla has begun selling skyr in the UK, the dairy product’s Icelandic origin being a point of emphasis in the marketing campaign. “So what is it that gives the Icelandic people their stamina? Well…we couldn’t possibly say it’s down to…
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Do Icelanders Believe in Elves? Really?
“Grönlænderstiv” is a Danish phrase which means essentially “drunk as a Greenlander.” However, recent research suggests that the Danes drink at least as much as the Greenlanders, and teenagers in Denmark drink even more than their counterparts in Greenland do. When it…
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HOW COLD THE SCRIPTORIUM IS TODAY
If other nations were as considerate as the Danes are, the exhibition halls at the British Museum or Louvre would be gapingly empty and the citizens of Egypt and Greece would be crowding at their respective harbours, cheering the arrival of several…