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Guðný Halldórsdóttir from Grenjaðarstaður and her husband Benedikt Jónsson from Auðnir. The Earl of Lovelace fell hopelessly in love with the young woman but she was already betrothed at the time to her future husband.

History: Lord Byron's grandson fell in love with a 16-year-old Icelandic farmgirl

13 Feb 2016 In the autumn of 1861, Ralph Gordon Noel, a 22-year-old English traveller proposed to a 16-year-old girl from the farm Grenjaðarstaðir in Aðaldalur, North Iceland. If the girl had accepted the proposal, she would have become an English countess, as the man in question was the grandson of romantic poet Lord Byron.

Skrillex publishes Iceland video

11 Feb 2016 To prepare for the upcoming Sónar Reykjavik festival at Harpa concert hall, here's a video that US electronic artist Skrillex just published on YouTube. It documents the star's visit to Iceland for the Sónar festival in 2015.

Future space tourists visit Iceland

11 Feb 2016 A group of those on the waiting list for suborbital spaceflights with spaceflight company Virgin Galactic regularly meet up on holiday – and one of them is Icelander Gísla Gíslason.

The New York service will be followed by the launch of a new flight from Keflavik to Minneapolis/St Paul on May 27, 2016, the first time Delta has operated this route.

Delta offers more flights to Iceland from JFK, adds Minneapolis

11 Feb 2016 Delta Air Lines are marking five years of consecutive service between Iceland and the United States with an extended season and additional frequency during the peak summer months.

Photo: Screenshot from Vilnius Municipality video

Vilnius gets ‘Iceland Street’ sign

11 Feb 2016 Iceland was the first country in the world to recognise the independence for the Baltic States following the coup in Moscow in August 1991.

Reproduced with kind permission from Tark Arkitektar.

Penthouse suites for Höfðatorg

11 Feb 2016 Fancy staying in a top-floor luxury hotel suite on your next visit to Iceland? If so, this could be the thing for you.

A view of nature above and all around at the Bubble, in Bláskógar, Biskupstungur, Iceland.

Sleep in a transparent bubble under the stars in an Icelandic forest

11 Feb 2016 Staying overnight in the Bubble, a sci-fi looking transparent dome in the middle of a forest in Biskupstungur, South Iceland has become quite the rage. The Bubble, also called "The five million star hotel," is fully booked for this entire spring.

300,000 more tourists to Iceland in 2016

10 Feb 2016 300,000 more tourists are expected to visit Iceland in 2016 than last year, with export revenue linked to tourism increasing significantly, according to new figures from Icelandic bank Landsbankinn.

Today is definately not a day for travelling - main mountain roads will probably close by the afternoon.

Storm hits Reykjavik between 6 and 8 pm - weather in West Fjords will be atrocious

4 Feb 2016 A storm warning was issued yesterday by the Iceland Met Office for today. Snow is already falling in many parts of Iceland and winds will start to pick up from around noon in South and West Iceland with rain and sleet.

A very cold day ahead

31 Jan 2016 Frost in Iceland today will be between -5 and -15 degrees.

Thom Yorke, lead singer of Radiohead. Radiohead will be playing in Iceland for the first time, at the Secret Solstice festival this summer.

Radiohead to headline Secret Solstice festival this summer

28 Jan 2016 The Secret Solstice festival which takes place in Reykjavik made an announcement this morning that UK rock band Radiohead will be the headlining band. The festival, which was founded in 2014 takes place in June.

Skiing open at Bláfjöll and Tindastóll

26 Jan 2016 The ski resorts at Bláfjöll (SW Iceland) and Tindastóll (N Iceland) are both open today.

The royal couple entering Harpa concert hall today, designed by Henning Larsen architects and artist Ólafur Elíasson.

Danish Prince and Princess visit Harpa

22 Jan 2016 Prince Joachim of Denmark and his wife Princess Marie visited Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre earlier today. Our photographer captured this photo of them walking inside.

Eldborg main hall, the heart of Harpa concert hall in the centre of Reykjavik.

Dark Music Days at Harpa

12 Jan 2016 Dark Music Days, taking place January 28th to January 30th is a festival of contemporary and new music which takes place during the darkest period of the Icelandic winter. The aim of the festival is to brighten up the mood of the audience and the participants in the winter darkness.