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The lcelandic Weekly
Logberg Stofnaó 14. janúar 1888
Heimsknngla Stofnaó 9 september 1886
Sólskin Society of Vancouver..................page 10
Leifur Eiríksson Conference — 1991............12 & 13
Freeman Skaptason Honoured ........................14
UMISS — Growing stronger every year................17
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Friday, 1 November 1991
Númer 38
Number 38
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News

From fllm to flsh:
tor, Zeijo Vukmírícia, who is well known
rope, has fled his homeland, and now
works at a fish factory at Flateyrí ín
lceland's West Fjords. Vukmíricia says
that lcelandíc nature is like a work of
art. In thephotoon top, Vukmiricia ís to
the right of Richard Dreyfus in Tom
Stoppard's fílm, Morgencrantz and
Guildenstern are Dead. The other photo
shows him hard atwork in an lcelandic
físh facíory.
Mayor of Winnipeg In
Reykjavík:
Recently, William Norrie, the Mayor of
Wínnipeg, vis-
ited Reykjavíkto ”
reaffirm the Sis-
ter City affilia-
tion agreement
between the
two cities, first
signed in 1971.
(L-R)
Markus
Nome
The lcelandic soccer team defeated:
the Spanish team at a the Europe
an Nations' Cup at Reykjavik's
taugardalsvöllur stadium in late Sep-
tember. The
I ceIan d ers
scored two
goals, but the
S p a n i a r d s
wereunableto
get.the ball
intothelcelan-
díc net. The
Spamsh team
was made up
of players from such teams as Barce-
lona, Athletico,SportingGijon,and Real
Madríd.
Translated from fcelandfc
í newspapers. H.K.O.J
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This issue is a special 20-page pre-Christmas
INSIDE YOU WILL FIND:
+ Book reviews
News of Icelandic Clubs in Canada and the U.S.
► An interview with the President of the INL
AND IN OUR ADS:
Many excellent ideas for Christmas gifts
pertaining to our Icelandic Heritage
Nelson Gerrard, writer,
historian, genealogist
and teacher, writes yet
another detective like
article about the Icelan-
dic connection, enti-
tled, From Gloucester
to Eyrarbakki. Please
tum to page 6 & 7
Two
Moons in
August
Martha Brooks’
new book, Two Moons in August, is re-
viewed on page 9. Martha is the daughter of
Dr. Alfred and Theodis (nee Marteinsson)
Paine, and hergrandparents were Runólfur
and Ingunn (nee Bardal) Marteinsson.
Theodis, Martha’s mother, feels that her
daughter understands and is sensitive to
crises that young people go through be-
cause of her experiences of illness, frustra-
tion and disapjjpintment in her youth.
Sturla Gimnarsson (r) was recently present
at the premiere showing of his film,
Diplomatic Immunity, in Iceland. One
cannot but wonder about the promotion
and distribution methods of Canadian
films, within Canada, when a Canadian
film has already been made available to an
audience in Iceland, but has yet to reach
major urban centers such as Winnipeg. Please
turn to page 8 for an article on Sturla
Gunnarsson and his new film.