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Icelandic ( / aɪsˈlændɪk / ⓘ eyess-LAN-dik; endonym: íslenska, pronounced [ˈistlɛnska] ⓘ) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken by about 314,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland, where it is the national language. [2] Since it is a West Scandinavian language, it is most closely ...
The culture of Iceland is largely characterized by its literary heritage that began during the 12th century but also traditional arts such as weaving, silversmithing, and wood carving. The Reykjavík area hosts several professional theaters, art galleries, bookstores, cinemas and museums. There are four active folk dance ensembles in Iceland.
New Iceland ( Icelandic: Nýja Ísland listen ⓘ) is the name of a region on Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba where Icelandic explorers settled in 1875. The community of Gimli, which is home to the largest concentration of Icelanders outside of Iceland, is seen as the core of New Iceland. Other rural areas of Manitoba settled by Icelanders include ...
Synopsis. The saga begins in Norway around 850, with the life of Egill's grandfather Ulf ( Úlfr) aka Kveldulf or "Evening Wolf", and his two sons Thorolf (Þórólfr) and Skallagrim ( Skalla-Grímr ). Strife with the royal house drive the family out of the country, and they settle in Iceland. The brothers Egill and Thorolf Skallagrimsson are born.
Portuguese in Iceland (Icelandic: Portúgölfsk fólk á Íslandi) are citizens and residents of Iceland who are of Portuguese descent.Portuguese people in Iceland (also known as Portuguese Icelanders/ Icelandic-Portuguese Community or, in Portuguese, known as Portugueses na Islândia / Comunidade portuguesa na Islândia / Luso-islandeses) are the citizens or residents of Iceland whose ethnic ...
Retrieved 14 September 2008. Iceland ( Icelandic: Ísland [ˈistlant]) [8] is a Nordic island kintra in the North Atlantic, wi a population o 348,580 and an aurie o 103,000 km 2 (40,000 sq mi), makkin it the maist sparsely populatit kintra in Europe. [9] The caipital an lairgest ceety is Reykjavík. Reykjavík an the surroondin auries in the ...
Norsemen landing in Iceland in 872. The settlement of Iceland ( Icelandic: landnámsöld [ˈlantˌnaumsˌœlt]) is generally believed to have begun in the second half of the ninth century, when Norse settlers migrated across the North Atlantic. The reasons for the migration are uncertain: later in the Middle Ages Icelanders themselves tended to ...
