Lögberg-Heimskringla - 13.07.1990, Side 1

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Inside this week:
Canada Day at Gimli.............................page 2
Annual Reunion......................................3
Guest of the Danish Academy.........................5
Horses bring Nordic heritage to Canada..............7
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Löoberg
Heimskringla
The Icelandic Weekly
Lögberg Stofnað 14. janúar 1888 Heimskringla Stofnað 9. september 1886
102. Argangur Föstudagur 13. júll 1990 Númer 26
102nd Vear Friday, 13 July 1990 Number 26
lcelandic
News
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and
HÍ5 Royal Highness Prince Philip arrived
in lceland on June 25 for a two-day
officÍBl visít. The royal couple visited the
National Gallery of lceland, the
Arnamagnean Institute, toured the Dalur
Horse Farms, and visited pingvellir Na-
tional Park. Qn June 27 the royal couple
departed for Canada.
‘In the future these will be the tallest
trees," said the Queen following a tree
planting ceremony at Vinaskógur
{Friends' Forest) atpingvellir. President
Vigdís latertold journaliststhatthe Queen
had a good sense of humour. When they
had arrived at Vinaskógur the Queen
had asked, “Where is the forest?" and
President Vigdíshad answered, “Itis not
here yet, but it will be." Neither could
resist laughing.
New lcelanders:
Thirty North Vietnamese refugees
arrived in lceland on June 28. The group
consisted of 8 families, which previousiy
had been staying in refugee camps in
Hong Kong - for perhaps up to 2 years.
Eleven years ago, 80 Vietnamese were
offered asylum in lceland.
Soon, the new arrivals will
learning lcelandic.
17th of June Celebration of the
lcelandic-American Society of New York
Once again the Icelandic-American
Society of New York held its annual
17th of June Independence Day picnic.
This year it was held at a park in Rye,
New York under beautiful sunny skies.
Over three hundred attended this year
making it one of the most successful
picnics in many years.
Edda Magnusson, the society
president, opened the day by welcom-
ing the dignitaries present as well as
members of the graduating class at
Verzlunarskóli íslands who were here
on a school trip. Einar Úlfsson was the
master of ceremonies and entertained
us with guitar music and singing of
Icelandic folk songs. There was plenty
to eat and drink; delicious Icelandic
fish and hot dogs (pylsur) complete
with remoulade were supplied by
Coldwater Seafood. The day finished
off with games for young and old in-
cluding a parade, tug of war, gunny
sack races, and soccer.
Submittedby:Stefán GunnarMagnússon
Úlfar Sigurmundsson, Magnús Gústafsson - president of Coldwater Seafood, Edda
Magnusson - society president, Grétar Sigurðsson, Svala Hendriksen, Mr. & Mrs.
Sigfús Erlingsson - president of lcelandair in U.S.A. Photo by John Magnusson
A princely award
On the evening of July 6, 1990,
Prince Edward officially opened the
Western Canada Summer Games in
Winnipeg. He also took part in a few
other ceremonies and functions, in-
cluding presenting the Duke of Edin-
burgh’s Award in Canada to the Gold
Award Recipients on behalf of his fa-
ther , His Royal Highness Prince
Philip.
This ceremony was held at the
Legislative Building in downtown
Winnipeg. A reception followed at
Government House, the residence of
their HonoursThe Lieutenant-Gover-
nor George and Mrs. Doris Johnson.
One Gold Award Recipient was
Miss Kristiana Rose of Winnipeg,
daughter of Ed and Yvonne Rose. Her
grandparents are Einar and Thora
Arnason, also of Winnipeg.
Gold Award recipients must fulfil
several requisites, among them a
physical fitness activity, volunteer
community service and residential
service. There were 49 Gold Awards
presented in all, to young people from
Western Canada and Quebec.
17,000 lcelanders
live abroad
Worries that the creation of a
common European economic space
could bring an influx of foreign
workers are unfounded, according
to sociologist Kristinn Karlsson, who
reports that roughly 17,000 Icelandic
citizens currently reside outside the
country.
Speaking at a recent conference
sponsored by the Confederation of
University Graduates, Karlsson said
the complex Icelandic language and
high cost of living served more to
discourage than attract people from
coming to the country.