• in 1993 in Iceland. President – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Prime Minister – Davíð Oddsson The now defunct software company FRISK Software International was...
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  • Iceland took control of its foreign affairs in 1918 when it became a sovereign country, the Kingdom of Iceland, in a personal union with the King of Denmark...
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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 International in badminton is an international open held in Iceland since 1986. The tournament belongs to the European Badminton Circuit....
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    The economy of Iceland is small and subject to high volatility. In 2011, gross domestic product was US$12 billion, but by 2018 it had increased to a nominal...
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    Central Bank of Iceland (Icelandic: Seðlabanki Íslands, pronounced [ˈsɛðlaˌpauŋcɪ ˈistlan(t)s]) is the central bank or reserve bank of Iceland. It has served...
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    Jón Páll Sigmarsson (category Sport deaths in Iceland)
    Jón Páll Sigmarsson (28 April 1960 – 16 January 1993) was an Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder who was the first man to win the World's...
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    Ocean near Iceland in 1979. He was best known for his portrayal of Willy in the 1993 film Free Willy. In 1996, Warner Bros. and the International Marine Mammal...
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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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    Iceland Foods Limited, trading as Iceland, is a British supermarket chain headquartered in Deeside, Wales. It mainly sells frozen foods, including prepared...
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  • Cod Wars (redirect from Iceland Cod Wars)
    aid from West Germany) and Iceland about fishing rights in the North Atlantic. Each of the disputes ended with an Icelandic victory. Fishing boats from...
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    The Church of Iceland (Icelandic: Þjóðkirkjan, lit. 'The National Church'), officially the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland (hin evangelíska lúterska...
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  • it represents Iceland in international matches. In 1993, the team achieved their best performance when they finished third in the 1993 Men's Junior World...
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    The Progressive Party (Icelandic: Framsóknarflokkurinn, FSF) is an agrarian political party in Iceland. For most of its history, the Progressive Party...
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    Reykjavík is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of...
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  • political action. The second congress of the Humanist International was held in Moscow in October 1993. In this meeting, the document of the Humanist Movement...
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  • FRISK Software International (established in 1993) was an Icelandic software company that developed F-Prot antivirus and F-Prot AVES antivirus and anti-spam...
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  • Cup. Iceland have played a total of 402 international fixtures as of 16 October 2012. More than 400 players have represented Iceland in international football;...
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    Iceland or Miss Universe Iceland (Icelandic: Ungfrú Ísland) is a national beauty pageant in Iceland. Beginning in 2023, the winner represents Iceland...
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    Halla Tómasdóttir (category Presidents of Iceland)
    Halla Tómasdóttir (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhatla ˈtʰouːmasˌtouʰtɪr̥]; born 11 October 1968) is an Icelandic former businesswoman and politician serving...
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    The Icelandic Reformation took place in the middle of the 16th century. Iceland was at this time a territory ruled by Denmark-Norway, and Lutheran religious...
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  • Air Atlanta Icelandic is a charter and ACMI airline based in Kópavogur, Iceland. It specialises in leasing aircraft on an ACMI (Aircraft, Crews, Maintenance...
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    older Icelandic words rather than directly taking in loanwords from other languages. Aside from the 300,000 Icelandic speakers in Iceland, Icelandic is spoken...
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  • The People's Alliance (Icelandic: Alþýðubandalagið) was an electoral alliance in Iceland from 1956 to 1968 and a socialist political party from 1968 to...
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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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    Magnús Ver Magnússon (category 20th-century Icelandic people)
    1992 and 1993. He has also won the Iceland's strongest man competition seven times and the West coast Viking (Vestfjarðavíkingurinn) of Iceland nine times...
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  • As of 2024, Iceland has no public railway system, although there have been three small short-lived railways in the past. The main reasons for the lack...
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  • Television in Iceland is composed of the public broadcasting service of RÚV, five free-to-view channels and a number of subscription channels provided...
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    Islam in Iceland is a minority religion. The Pew Research Center estimated that the number of Muslims in Iceland was below its 10,000 minimum threshold...
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  • The Iceland national under-17 football team represents Iceland in international football at this age level and is controlled by Knattspyrnusamband Íslands...
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