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Til hamingju!

Wow, what a fascinating glimpse into a 19th-century New Year's celebration! The blend of tradition, elves, and the bonfire really transports you to another time. It’s amazing to see how people celebrated the new year back in 1875. The atmosphere looks so vibrant and lively. I love how historical elements are brought to life in this video. Great work on showcasing the magic of the past!

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Thanks for this often overlooked bit of history : )

Thank you! Love the way you have presented the families, their photos and locations from which they left Iceland. I can see them too - on that ridge and looking down on the valley arriving at last to their new home.

Could you please share the name and author of the book you were holding up towards the end of the talk. Thank you.

Really nice video Sunna! Thank you for your hard work over the years!

HARDIEST CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU AT ICELANDIC ROOTS! WHAT A WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL CELEBRATION OF A UNIQUE, FANTASTIC ORGANIZATION!! I'M SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT!!! JOANN BARFIELD

Thank you! Very interesting and wonderfully woven facts and interpretation, which of course could only be told with such clarity, understanding and skill by Stefan. Great interview!

This book is awesome 👍 I found myself very emotionally invested in Thuridur. However i wish she would give Christianity the credit for their literacy. So its a very engrossing band of characters extremely relatable and while quite tragic it gives a great sense of personality with the characters. The fishing part is very interesting to me she must have seen a lot if beautiful outdoor open ocean and ever changing weather. A thoroughly worthwhile read and totally agreed a remarkable fantastic story thanks to such a unique down to earth character even in her uniqueness, the struggle to survive loss of loved ones and especially sticking to her principles and her faith. Excellent composition! 👍

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My mom's family immigrated to Seattle.

Iceland is archetypal sheep country. The landscape is perfect for sheep to roam and graze.

THis was extremely interesting. I have been trying to do research on Iceland during WWII as I attempt to build a display that will be shown to the public in the midwest of the United States.

As an Icelander in Iceland this makes me happy and sad and even somewhat nostalgic. Takk kærlega fyrir þetta fallega ljóð <3

This is wonderful! Takk fyrir, Sigurður Gylfi!

Wonderful !

Þakka ykkur kærlega ❤

Vert interesting but i noticed specifically at 35:51 the speaker says Canada in Icelandic yet missing from subtitles in captions. Maybe its a minor omission or maybe the translation is fully inaccurate?

Great talk, interested to read this!

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Thank you for making this presentation available.

I am sure I have been in this area during my five times in Iceland, hiking with a group of Iceland Nature Travel.

Frábært 🥰 mjög vel gert. Takk fyrir.

I’m grateful to have listened in on this podcast! What a great podcast with great insights!

Tusen takk videosta❤

When you look back at that eruption, you realize the population got lucky. I know there was a lot of damage to the infrastructure, but that fissure could have opened and dissected the town in two with many many casualties.

Wonderful video and so nice to see you all agian. With my best regards, Sigrun in Vopnafjörður

Wow! This is such a fabulous video created by our young past Snorri and IR Social Media Team director. Good work and Thank you!

Very interesting! Thanks for posting this!

Great video and nice to see what this amazing group of volunteers got to do while on their 10th anniversary tour of Iceland!

Very interesting 🤨

Favorite podcast!

Frábært. Vandað, fróðlegt og gefinn tími til að gefa glögga mynd og tala við fólk sem þekkir til. Fróðleikur sem þessi mynd bjargar frá glötun gæti ég trúað. Dvaldi sjálfur eitt sinn kvöld og nótt við rústirnar af Sænautaseli sumarið 1975. Við vorum 2 félagar og vöktum alla nóttina og röbbuðum saman, tímdum ekki að sofa. Þá var þar enginn nema við, var fyrir daga massatúrismans og kyrrðin og birtan í íslenskri sumarnótt við Sænautavatn verður mér ógleymanleg til æviloka. Takk fyrir þess heimildarmynd.

I really enjoyed the video. When you talked about your ancestors, it was almost as if you were talking about mine. I am also descended from Icelanders (who are named on the Heimaey Island monument) and also visited in 2012 with my father so that he could see where his grandparents had lived. We walked "over" the top of the buried homes from Eldfell and also visited and talked with some distant relatives who live on the island, and who lived there when Eldfell erupted. My great grandparents emigrated to Spanish Fork, Utah as well, and I live in Pleasant Grove, Utah now, just north of Spanish Fork. It was great seeing all the photos in your presentation, which was very fun to watch. Thank you.

Very interesting

Takk fyrir!

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Glad I found this on You Tube as this is very interesting to me. My heritage is Icelandic as both of my parents are Icelandic descent. My dad's father (my Afi) was born in Iceland and I remember as a child hearing some of his stories of these types of folklore.

Beautiful place to visit. Thank you!

This is so fascinating! I'm Icelandic, born there but raised in Norway. I've got a really good overview of my icelandic family tree, but I've always wanted to know about those who went to the US and Canada. Still haven't found them but I dream of finding cousins in the Americas 💙

Very informative, thank you! I will be spending time at the Emigration Center this summer. Looking forward to learning more! 🧠🧠💎💎

Great presentation, introduction to the Hofsos area and description of why it is such a great place to visit! Gail Einarson-McCleery March 6, 2023

Elin, Thank you so much for creating this video I found it so interesting you have a real talent! My Icelandic history came from my great grandparents immigrating to North Dakota and Manitoba. On my dads side My grandmother Elin Ragnheidur Schram was born in North Dakota to Joseph Schram/Kristin Jonsdottir and my grandfather Guomundur (Mundi) Oskar Einarsson was born in Riverton, MB to Einar Einarsson and Guolaug Asta Guomundsdottir. I wrote a book with my dad about his life "Davey Einarsson A life of Adventure". Oddly enough my daughter is the first doctor (Obstetrics) we know of in the family and she lives in Australia in Sunshine coast now and works with many of the midwives there.

Til Hamingju!

Amazingly beautiful landscapes !!!

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