Araltes the Varangian On Tuesday April 2nd at 11:30 AM CDT Sverrir Jakobsson, professor of history at the University of Iceland, will join the students of the Department of Icelandic Language & Literature via Zoom to discuss the end of the Viking Age and its representation in medieval Icelandic literature. The starting point will be the life of Harald the Severe who came to be… Read More »Sverrir Jakobsson – Harald the Severe
On November 12 and 13, from 8:30 am Winnipeg Time (2:30 pm Iceland Time) until 4:00 pm Winnipeg Time (10:00 pm Iceland Time), the 10th Partnership Conference of the University of Manitoba and University of Iceland will be held online.
The 10th Partnership Conference of the University of Manitoba and
the University of Iceland will be held virtually by the University of
Manitoba November 12-13, 2021. Proposals are to be submitted by
July 15, 2021.
These photos are two panoramas stitched together from a number of photos taken at Stykkishólmur. This is the port in Iceland where people are ferried across Breiðafjörður (Eng. Broadfjord) to the Vestfirðir (Eng. Westfjords). This was a day trip so we didn’t get a chance to take the ferry, but we had a wonderful meal at Narfeyrarstofa. If you are ever in the area, I highly… Read More »Stykkishólmur Panoramas