On 1 December 1918, the Icelandic state flag (Ríkisfáni) was hoisted for the first time in front of the Government Offices in Reykjavík. A hundred years later, Iceland celebrates 100 years of sovereignty. The process leading to Iceland’s sovereignty and later…
Eggert Ólafsson (December 1, 1726 – May 30, 1768) was a poet, a writer and naturalist from Svefneyjar islands in the northwest of Iceland. He studied natural sciences, classics, grammar, law and agriculture at the University of Copenhagen and was…
On February 15th, Iceland Post will release two new stamps, both relating to literature in their own way. Issue 659A celebrates the bicentenary of the National Library of Iceland, which was Iceland’s central library from its foundation in 1818 until it merged…