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	Iceland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Republic of Iceland (Icelandic: Lýðveldið Ísland) is a borderless country, a volcanic island in the northern Atlantic Ocean between Greenland, Norway, and the British Isles.
		Iceland remained one of the world's last larger islands uninhabited by humans until it was discovered and settled by Norse immigrants from Western Norway in the late 9th century.
		Icelanders enjoy freedom of religion as stated by the constitution; however, church and state are not separated and the Church of Iceland, a Lutheran body, is the state church.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iceland (2737 words)

	Iceland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Iceland was first settled by Norwegianss and Celtic (Scottish and Irish) immigrants during the late 9th and 10th century.
		Iceland remained independent for over 300 years, and was subsequently ruled by Norway and Denmark, formally as a Norwegian crown colony until 1814 when the united kingdoms of Denmark and Norway were separated by the treaty of Kiel, and Iceland was kept by Denmark as a dependency.
		Iceland has many geysers (itself an Icelandic word) and the widespread availability of geothermal power means residents of most towns have hot water and home heat for a low price.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/i/ic/iceland_1.html (1111 words)

	Iceland - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Iceland was first settled by Scandinavians, mainly Norwegians (Vikings), and Celtic (Scottish and Irish) immigrants during the late 9th and 10th century.
		Iceland's parliament, Alþingi, was founded in the mid-19th century as an advisory body to the Danish king.
		Iceland has a Coast Guard (Landhelgisgæslan) and a SWAT team which is called Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad) and is under the command of the Reykjavík chief of police.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Iceland (1386 words)

	Iceland - Biocrawler definition:Iceland - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Republic of Iceland (Icelandic: Lýðveldið Ísland) is an island nation in the northern Atlantic Ocean between Greenland, Norway, and the British Isles.
		Iceland remained one of the world's last larger islands uninhabited by humans, until it was first settled by Scandinavian and Celtic immigrants during the late 9th and 10th century.
		Iceland has a Coast Guard (Landhelgisgæslan) and a SWAT team which is called Sérsveitin (Task Force), commonly known as Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad), and is under the command of the Reykjavík chief of police.
	www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Iceland (1968 words)

	Iceland -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Iceland has many (A spring that discharges hot water and steam) geysers (itself an Icelandic word) and the widespread availability of (Click link for more info and facts about geothermal power) geothermal power means residents of most towns have hot water and home heat for a low price.
		Iceland has a (Click link for more info and facts about Coast Guard) Coast Guard (Landhelgisgæslan) and a (A sharp blow) SWAT team which is called Sérsveitin (Task Force), commonly known as Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad), and is under the command of the Reykjavík chief of (The force of policemen and officers) police.
		The language spoken is (A Scandinavian language that is the official language of Iceland) Icelandic, a (A group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian) Scandinavian language, and the religion is predominantly (Follower of Lutheranism) Lutheran.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/ic/iceland.htm (2729 words)

	Iceland
		Church of Iceland The Church of Iceland is the state church in Lutheran.
		The Republic of Iceland is an Faroe Islands.
		Iceland Gull The Iceland Gull, Larus glaucoides is a large Glaucous Gull.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/iceland.html (815 words)

	Encyclopedia: Iceland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Icelandic Commonwealth refers to the state existing in Iceland between the establishment of the Althing in 930 and the pledge of fealty to the Norwegian king in 1262.
		Iceland is a large island with extensive volcanic and geothermal activity located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Greenland immediately south of the Arctic Circle.
		When Iceland became a founding member of NATO in 1949, it did so on the explicit understanding that Iceland, which has never had a military, would not be expected to establish an indigenous force.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Iceland (8921 words)

	Iceland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Iceland was first settled by Scandinavians, mainly Norwegians, and Celtic (Scottish and Irish) immigrants during the late 9th and 10th century.
		Iceland's parliament, Alþingi, was originally founded in 930 and it has operated since then in several different forms except for a 45 year period in the 19th century.
		The extent of the political powers possessed by the office of the president are disputed by legal scholars in Iceland; several provisions of the constitution appear to give the president some important powers but other provisions and traditions suggest otherwise.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/ic/Iceland.htm (1285 words)

	Art Iceland - The Icelandic Art Wall
		Icelandic artists get their inspiration from nature and the energy of the country as well as its supernatural inhabitants like elves, trolls and hidden people.
		The late Kjarval is a great example of one of the early oil painters that sought their inspiration directly to the Icelandic nature.
		Iceland is a mountainous country and the people are shaped by the harsh natural elements.
	www.art-iceland.com (597 words)

	Iceland - Gurupedia
		Norway and Denmark, formally as a Norwegian crown colony until 1814 when the united kingdoms of Denmark and Norway were separated by the treaty of Kiel, and Iceland was kept by Denmark as a dependency.
		Limited home rule was granted by the Danish government in 1874, and protectorate like independence and sovereignty over domestic matters followed in 1918, foreign relations and defense remained in the authority of the Danish and the Danish king remained the sovereign of the nation until 1944, when republic was founded.
		Iceland's old parliament, the Althing, has 63 members, who are elected by the population every four years.
	www.gurupedia.com /i/ic/iceland.htm (818 words)

	NATURE: Iceland - Land of Myth
		From heroic myths to ponderous sagas, Iceland's artists have produced a wealth of work that continues to entertain the world to this day.
		ICELAND: FIRE AND ICE, for instance, profiles three birds -- the whooping swan, the ptarmigan, and the gyrfalcon -- that figure prominently in Icelandic myth.
		The elegant swans that come to Iceland's lakes and hot springs each year, island residents believed, were god-like Valkyries: beautiful maidens who chose which heroes were to die in battle.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/nature/iceland/myth.html (473 words)

	Hafnarborg From the Collection
		A century ago the main focus in Icelandic art was on the landscape and despite all later developments landscape art has remained an important subject for Icelandic artists.
		Iceland's often forbidding landscape has also porvided inspiration for the numerous artists who have visited the country from around the world.
		Icelandic folk art is well represented in the Hafnarborg collection and Hafnarborg has hosted the largest overview exhibitions of folk and naive art in Iceland.
	notendur.centrum.is /~hborg/coll.htm (501 words)

	Icelandic Art 2000
		Modernist artists such as Malevich and Picasso also made art that was alien to their traditional cultures, even as they made explicit references to (respectively) Russian Icons and Iberian sculpture.
		Hulda Hákon's text and animal paintings are as Icelandic as this show gets, but she explicitly denies that she "exoticiz[es] her own culture in relation to others." I disagree and would place her folk tales and animal paintings at the far end of the exotic scale.
		If the other artists' strategy is to make implicit critiques of the exotic at the same moment as they self-consciously exoticize their art, Börnsdóttir will have not of it.
	www.umanitoba.ca /schools/art/content/galleryoneoneone/iceland.html (818 words)

	Iceland Culture
		Icelanders are proof that a rich cultural life can be developed despite a small population.
		Art in Iceland was long connected with religion, first the Roman Catholic church and later the Lutheran church.
		The programs of the Iceland Symphony are drawn from a classical repertoire and the work of modern Icelandic composers, and one or more operas or musicals are performed every year at the National Theatre and the Icelandic Opera.
	www.traveldocs.com /is/culture.htm (337 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		Iceland has long been famous for its volcanic activity and glaciers (having the biggest glacier in Europe); which is why it is called the land of ice and fire.
		Iceland is also famous for the occurrence of vagrants, but its situation in the North Atlantic makes it an excellent place to look for rarities coming from both North America and Europe.
		Even though this cliff is located in Northern Iceland this sight is seen all around the country, the seabirds returning to their nests after hunting for food out at sea.
	www.fatbirder.com /links_geo/europe/iceland.html (2599 words)

	Húsafell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The village Húsafell is situated in the west of Iceland not far from Reykholt in the Reykholtsdalur.
		This region is well renowned for the multitude of lakes where it is possible to go fishing.
		In the 19th century, there was a colony of artists living at Húsafell, among them f.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Husafell (162 words)

	Iceland's House of Christmas - Artist of the Month (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This time the artist is not one but a group of artists.
		Iceland´s House of Christmas has recently started carrying items from the craftscenter at Sólheimar in Grímsnes, southern Iceland.
		Iceland´s House of Christmas offers 5% discount off all items from Sólheimar available in the shop throughout the months of April and May 2002.
	www.jolahusid.com /engl/artman11.htm (204 words)

	Gunnar Guðmundsson : Icelandic National Group of the IFPI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Artists such as Bjork have enjoyed international stature, whilst the winner of this year’s prestigious Shortlist Prize in the USA was Icelandic act, Sigur Ros.
		The Icelandic National Group of the IFPI was founded in 1973 – the same year that the Copyright Act took effect, providing record producers with protection of their rights for the first time.
		Iceland is not a place where you seek to break new artists.
	www.musicjournal.org /02gunnargudmundsson.htm (1068 words)

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		Kiel, and Iceland was kept by Denmark as a dependency.
		president of Iceland is a largely ceremonial office that serves as a diplomat, figurehead and
		Iceland is located on a geological hot spot on the
	en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Iceland (1108 words)

	Songs of Iceland CD´s - traditional icelandic music
		Icelanders sing them when celebrating and when having a good time thus they are truly named Songs of Iceland.
		The second Songs of Iceland record released in 1994, the 50 year anniversary of the Icelandic republic.
		On this last released record of five (Songs of Iceland) the subject is religious popular tunes which have followed Icelanders both in joy and sadness.
	www.randburg.is /is/skifan/songs.html (229 words)

	Global Hits: Hudson Wayne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Like many young artists in Iceland, the four guys in Hudson Wayne sing in English.
		All the artists Throw-in Oscarson mentioned there, Will Oldham and Palace Music, Lambchop, Calexico will probably mean little unless you happen to be a fan of alternative country.
		But it's hard in Iceland because there are few labels and it's like this clan, these labels.
	www.theworld.org /globalhits/2003/01/15.html (386 words)

	Iceland: Arts and Culture : Artists: Information on travel, hotels, flights, car rentals and Icelandic websites
		Icelandic craftsmen and artists - The objectives of Icelandicarts.is is to present the icelandic artist and Icelandic craftspeople, and their work e.g.
		Icelandic Surreal Landscapes - The most recent series of expressionistic paintings and drawings by Icelandic artist, Arnor Bieltvedt.
		The landscapes are based on Arnor's childhood memories of Iceland and his interest in the flower as a powerful carrier of light and color in painting.
	iceland.vefur.is /Arts_and_Culture/Artists (1096 words)

	Iceland - Water and Heat, Ice and Fire - An Iceland Saga Pt. I
		We met an artist, a sculptor, from Boston, who said he comes to Iceland every year and told us that Jónsson was one of first real artists of Iceland who had trained in Europe.
		There were examples of many birds that are found here, minerals, the few Icelandic mammals and a small aquarium, which is the only aquarium in Iceland.
		We were served thin slices of smoked lamb on flat Iceland bread, and pound cake and doughnuts with coffee.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /kwolfs/Iceland/iceland.html (3576 words)

	Visual Artists Associations in Iceland \|
		The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists - SIM is composed of the following societies: The Society of Icelandic Artists (FIM), The Icelandic Printmakers Association, The Association of Icelandic Ceramic Artists, Reykjavík Sculptors Society (MHR), Society of Textile Artists and a group of individual artists.
		The Icelandic Society of Ceramic Artists was founded in 1981 on the order to promote the interests of its members.
		Society of Textile Artists was established in 1974 and it's aim is to work for the advancement of its members.
	www.sim.is /Index/English/SIM/VisualArtistsAssociationsinIceland (300 words)

	MILO Makes Metallica Mighty in Iceland
		The tiny island nation of Iceland in the North Atlantic enjoyed the show of a lifetime in July when Metallica inaugurated the new Egilshöllin indoor soccer stadium in ReykjavÌk.
		The event generated a great deal of excitement: 15,000 tickets were sold within hours in anticipation of the first trip to Iceland by the reigning kings of metal, with an extra 3,000 tickets snapped up within minutes of going on sale.
		With this being the very first music concert to be held in the new stadium, Exton, which typically provides equipment for any artists visiting Iceland, was faced with supplying its biggest ever rig in a room with which no one was familiar.
	www.meyersound.com /news/2004/metallica (852 words)

	Iceland Geyser Links
		Mats Wibe Lund's photos of Iceland by Norwegian-born photographer-- A great picture of Strokker and an aerial of a thermal area.
		This is a photo gallery found on the Iceland General Information pages by Thor Thorgrimsson.
		Oka Eitarou's photos from a visit to Iceland in 1995 contains photos of Strokkur which he has labeled Geysir, Landmannalaugar (geothermal field), a Mud pot at Namaskarth, and a thermal field at the edge of a glacier.
	www.wyojones.com /icelandlinks.htm (1223 words)

	iceland nightlife and other iceland related information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Iceland Nightlife - Day has turned into night and you are wondering what is out there for you to enjoy.
		By Sandy Fox Iceland --a stark contrast of glaciers and deserts, waterfalls and...
		reykjavik in iceland is a city without mugging gangs and maffia and still has one of the best...
	www.nethorde.com /iceland/iceland-nightlife.html (315 words)

	Iceland Visitor -- Vacation in Iceland, locally operated travel agency for holiday and business travel to Iceland.
		Iceland Visitor -- Vacation in Iceland, locally operated travel agency for holiday and business travel to Iceland.
		Iceland Visitor is a friendly and energetic Icelandic travel agency specializing in incoming tourism to Iceland.
		Iceland Visitor puts its emphasis on the ability to appeal to a broad range of visitors with our quality travel packages and custom-made tours.
	www.icelandvisitor.com (209 words)

	MusicMoz - Regional: Europe: Iceland: Bands and Artists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Includes a biography of the artist, a color photograph, and a guestbook.
		GuÃ°jÃ³nsson, Ã"skar - Saxophonist born in Garðabær, Iceland.
		Halldórsdóttir, Anna - Chronological timeline of the solo artist, whose debut album is entitled Wild Mornings.
	musicmoz.org /Regional/Europe/Iceland/Bands_and_Artists (665 words)

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		A total of 160 artists, bands and DJs will perform at this years Iceland Airwaves festival which takes place on six main venues in downtown Reykjavik October 19-23.
		Destiny will be releasing an Iceland Airwaves festival CD for this years event.
		The band received storming reviews in the Icelandic press which called it one of the best concerts of the year in Iceland.
	www.destiny.is (261 words)

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