Reykjavík Grapevine - 07.04.2017, Page 12

12 The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 05 — 2017
Last week, Icelandic singer Salka Sól
Eyfeld took to Twitter to share an un-
settling experience she had while per-
forming at Icelandair’s annual staff
party. The tweet reads, “To the man who
groped my ass right before I walked up
on stage at the Icelandair annual staff
party last night: fuck you creep.”
“I remember thinking, ‘I can’t be-
lieve this is still happening.’ I was so
surprised,” Salka Sól said in an inter-
view with Vísir. ”If I hadn’t been about
to climb up on stage I
would have stopped
him and asked what
the hell was wrong
with him. He turned
around [as I went on
to perform] and clearly
thought he was really
funny and clever.”
When contacted for
comment, Icelandair’s
VP of Corporate Com-
munications, Guðjón
Arngrímsson, insisted
the company “condemns any such be-
haviour and regrets that it took place
at this event.” When Grapevine pressed
Guðjón to find out whether any action
was being taken to root out and repri-
mand the man who groped Salka Sól,
there was no reply.
Not the First Time
When Reykjavík DJ Margrét Erla Maack
gigged for Icelandair some years ago,
she too was sexually accosted by an Ice-
landair employee.
“First I want to stress that I have
gigged multiple times for Icelandair,
and this was the only
negative experience
I’ve had during their
events,” Margrét Erla
told the Grapevine, go-
ing on to explain that
while at the party the
man approached her DJ
booth, threatened her,
and groped at her. “Se-
curity was nowhere to
be found,” she contin-
ued, “and when I asked
guests at the party to
help me I got the reply, ‘Oh, is he at it
again?’ The clearest memory I have is of
feeling like I was not able to get away.”
Words: Nanna Árnadóttir Photos: Art Bicnick Share this: gpv.is/sex05
Performers
Sexually Harassed
At Icelandair
Parties
“It’s as if some
people believe
they have a right
to you, just be-
cause you’re on
the stage.”
- Elísa bet Orms lev
“I remember thinking,
‘I can’t believe this is
still happening.’”
- Salka Sól
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