the European Athletics Championships in 1946 and 1950. Iceland's greatest period of success in the sport was in the 1950s, when Torfi Bryngeirsson was...
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Women in Iceland generally enjoy good gender equality. As of 2018, 88% of working-age women were employed, 65% of students attending university were female...
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Football is the most popular sport in Iceland. Iceland hosted the U-18 European Championship in 1997, but an Icelandic national team has qualified for...
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The Iceland national football team (Icelandic: Íslenska karlalandsliðið í knattspyrnu) represents Iceland in men's international football. The team is...
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in the sport so far when he finished 14th in men's 10m air pistol in 2012. Iceland first competed in swimming in 1948 and has competed in the sport most...
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Iceland Icelandic cuisine Beer in Iceland Festivals in Iceland Iceland Airwaves Heraldry in Iceland Media of Iceland Miss Iceland Museums in Iceland National...
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Iceland (Icelandic: Ísland, pronounced [ˈistlant] ) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge...
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The Iceland women's national football team represents Iceland in international women's football. They are currently ranked as the 14th best women's national...
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minor sport in Iceland with a discontinuous history. The ancient Norse had a sport called knattleikr; while this differed substantially from rugby in that...
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Glíma (redirect from Icelandic wrestling)
Glíma (anglicised as Glima) is an Icelandic sport for combat and is categorised as Nordic folk wrestling. The most common form of glima describe players...
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Gylfi Sigurðsson (category Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in England)
karla club Valur and the Iceland national team. Gylfi began his professional career with Reading in the Championship and in 2010, was sold to TSG Hoffenheim...
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Icelandic population was just over 376,000. About 86,000 residents (23.7%) were of foreign background. About 99% of the nation's inhabitants live in urban...
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recorded history of Iceland began with the settlement by Viking explorers and the people they enslaved from Western Europe, particularly in modern-day Norway...
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Cricket is a growing sport in Iceland, involving five club teams (Reykjavík Vikings, Kópavogur Puffins, Garðabær Glaciers, Vesturbær Volcano and Hafnarfjörður...
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In Iceland, the Police (Icelandic: Ríkislögreglan, lit. 'the State Police') is the national police force of Iceland. It is responsible for law enforcement...
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Valur (men's football) (category Football clubs in Iceland)
multi-sport club. The club is based in Reykjavík, Iceland, and currently plays in the Besta deild karla, the top league of men's football in Iceland. The...
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21 Olympic Summer and three Winter Sport Federations and four Non-Olympic Sports Federations in Iceland. Iceland at the Olympics ÍSÍ Hall of Fame "Íþrótta-...
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Iceland (Icelandic: Rugby Ísland) is the governing body for rugby in Iceland. It oversees the various national teams and the development of the sport...
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Stjarnan men's football (category Football clubs in Iceland)
multi-sport club. It is based in Garðabær, Iceland, and currently plays in the Besta deild karla, the top-tier men's football league in Iceland. The association...
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The University of Iceland (Icelandic: Háskóli Íslands [ˈhauːˌskouːlɪ ˈistlan(t)s]) is a public research university in Reykjavík, Iceland, and the country's...
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The Iceland Open is an annual darts tournament on the WDF circuit that began in 2015. Iceland Open The Icelandic Darts Association v t e...
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Time (OCT)) and universality places: Iceland entered one female triathlete, marking the country's debut in the sport. Edda Hannesdóttir qualified for the...
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For centuries Iceland's main industries were fishing, fish processing and agriculture. In the 19th century, 70–80% of Icelanders lived by farming, but...
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Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson (category Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands)
(born 27 October 1990) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays for Saudi Pro League club Al-Orobah and the Iceland national team. A versatile...
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Telecommunications in Iceland is a diversified market. Iceland has a highly developed telecommunications sector with modern infrastructure. Multiple wholesale...
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Vestri men's football (category Football clubs in Iceland)
multi-sport club and is based in Ísafjarðarbær, Iceland. As of 2024, it plays in the Icelandic top-tier Besta deild karla. The club was founded in 1986...
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Iceland is an island country at the confluence of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans, east of Greenland and immediately south of the Arctic Circle,...
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Australian Rules Football was played by three clubs in Iceland, with the Andspyrnusamband Íslands (Icelandic Australian Football League – IceAFL) being the...
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Heimir Hallgrímsson (category Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Qatar)
Ireland manager". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2024. Heimir Hallgrímsson at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic) Heimir Hallgrímsson at...
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Eiður Guðjohnsen (category Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in England)
September 1978) is an Icelandic professional football coach and former player who played as a forward. Eiður saw his greatest success in England and Spain...
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