In 1971, the magazine Samvinnan gathered a panel of Icelanders to predict the state of the nation and the wider…

In Iceland, there is no Santa Claus. Instead, there are thirteen “jólasveinar,” which can be translated to “Yule Lads.” They…

My name is Duracotus and my fatherland Iceland called Thule by the ancients. My mother, Fiolxhilde who died recently left…

One day in August 1888, the British steamer ‘Camoens’ docked in the town of Akureyri in Northern Iceland. The ‘Camoens’-for…

It is thought that the first cats touched Icelandic soil in the tenth century, accompanied by human settlers. Those first…

As visitors to Iceland will no doubt soon realise, Iceland’s fauna is not particularly diverse. Several attempts have been made…