26 Jul 2016Iceland’s national day is 17 June, the day on which the newly independent Icelandic republic was founded in 1944. But is there more to the date than meets the eye?
6 Jun 2016Sailors’ Day (Sjómannadagurinn in Icelandic) falls on the first Sunday of June and is a national day to honour especially all those who are involved in the country’s fisheries.
2 Jun 2016This Sunday is Sjómannadagurinn, meaning ‘sailors’ day’ or ‘seamen’s day’, in Iceland – and the weekend will be given over to festivities of various kinds throughout the country.
3 Mar 2016Three of the new arrivals were born at the National University Hospital in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik, while the fourth came into the world the hospital in the northern town of Akureyri.
20 Feb 2016Tomorrow is the first day of Góa, one of the twelve months of the old Icelandic calendar, day known among modern-days Icelander as ‘konudagur’, a day set aside for pampering the lady of the house in Iceland.
22 Jan 2016Today is the first day of Þorri (pronounced ‘Thorri’), one of the twelve months of the old Icelandic calendar. The day is known as ‘bóndadagur’, a day set aside for pampering ‘the man of the house’.
21 Oct 2015The year was split into twelve months of thirty days each (total 360 days), the extra days being gathered into a small extra in what is now late July.
