• Stefánsson, Western Icelander, Arctic explorer Þóra Magnúsdóttir, born 1100 in Norway, daughter of Magnus III of Norway, a direct descendant of Harald Fairhair...
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    Icelanders (Icelandic: Íslendingar) are an ethnic group and nation who are native to the island country of Iceland. They speak Icelandic, a North Germanic...
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    The sagas of Icelanders (Icelandic: Íslendingasögur, modern Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈislɛndiŋkaˌsœːɣʏr̥]), also known as family sagas, are a subgenre...
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    commonly adaptations from last names Icelanders adopted when living abroad, usually in Denmark. Notable Icelanders with inherited family names include...
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    Icelanders in Sweden [sv] Icelandic Americans Icelandic Canadians Icelandic Australians Nordic New Zealanders Iceland portal History of Iceland List of...
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  • Icelander is the debut novel of Dustin Long. It is part of the Rectangulars line of McSweeney's Books. It appeared on the Los Angeles Times best-seller's...
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  • form, often preserved as episodes about Icelanders in the kings' sagas. Like kings' sagas, when sagas of Icelanders quote verse, as they often do, it is...
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    Sagas of the Icelanders and the Poetic Edda, landmarks of world literature still widely read and translated today. This literary heritage is the core of the...
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    in books referred to as sagas of Icelanders. In the early thirteenth century, the internal conflict known as the age of the Sturlungs weakened Iceland...
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  • "Iceland" as a ploy to discourage oversettlement. According to the Sagas of Icelanders, Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson saw icebergs on the island when he traveled...
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    145-177 Jane Smiley, “The Sagas of the Greenlanders and The Saga of Eirik the Red” in The Sagas of the Icelanders (New York: Penguin, 2005), 672. based...
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    including an heirloom sword Kársnautr. (Sagas of Icelanders) Mmaagha Kamalu, a sword that belongs to the Igbo god of war Kamalu. This sword glows red when people...
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    Salem Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-89356-430-8. "The Saga of the Greenlanders". The Sagas of Icelanders: A Selection. Translated by Kunz, Keneva. London: Penguin...
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  • the Icelanders who came after them chose to come to Spanish Fork as well in an effort to maintain their culture. By 1860 there were 16 Icelanders living...
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    and sensitivity of the Icelanders. The Ambassador noted that it was safer not to deceive the Icelanders, but to engage with the Icelanders above the board...
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    Retrieved 10 December 2016. Sveinn Helgason, Magnús (26 August 2015). "Do Icelanders really smoke more cannabis than anyone else?". Iceland Magazine. Archived...
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    This list of Academy Award records is current as of the 96th Academy Awards, with the ceremony taking place on March 10, 2024. Most awards won by a single...
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    population of any NATO member and is the only one with no standing army, possessing only a lightly armed coast guard. The Sagas of Icelanders say that a...
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  • feast of Þorrablót. Today, Icelanders typically drink it chilled, as a shot, with a beer, or as a base for cocktails. It often takes the place of gin in...
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  • Fomed as Deebam, a street arm of KK. Street arm of SVC. Formed as an offshoot of Icelanders (German). Formed by members of the Pyrate Confraternity. This...
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  • The following is a list of notable films produced in Iceland by Icelanders. Star marked films are films in coproduction with Iceland. Although Arne Mattsson...
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    "The Law of the National Flag of Icelanders and the State Arms" and describes the Icelandic flag as follows: The civil national flag of Icelanders is blue...
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    later nine Icelanders settled in the town of Spanish Fork, Utah, along with other Scandinavians. For the next 20 years, small groups of Icelanders joined...
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  • of history at the University of Lund. Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 28 September 2017. Smilely, Jane (24 February 2005). The Sagas of the Icelanders....
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  • Guinea-Bissau nationals Guyanese Haitians Hondurans Hong Kongers Hungarians Icelanders I-Kiribati Indians Indonesians Iranians Iraqis Irish Israelis Italians...
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  • Icelandic Christmas book flood (category Culture of Iceland)
    when Icelanders will often read their new books and drink hot chocolate. Newly published books are listed in an annual catalogue called the Journal of Books...
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  • as of January 2019: While the vast majority of Icelanders do not use regular surnames but rather patronyms or matronyms, around 4% of Icelanders have...
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    the Icelanders submitted to the authority of the Norwegian king under the terms of the "Old Covenant" (Gamli sáttmáli) in 1262, the function of the Althing...
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    Leif Erikson (category Explorers of Canada)
    half a millennium before Christopher Columbus. According to the sagas of Icelanders, he established a Norse settlement at Vinland, which is usually interpreted...
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