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FARGO-MOORHEAD —
The Fargo-Moorhead Icelandic
Klub recently chose new offi -
cers. Andrea Abrahamson will
be the club’s new President,
Jennifer Holand will be Vice
President, Gary Olson Treasur-
er, Joni King Secretary and Jana
Abrahamson and Lois Bekkrus
are Directors. Outgoing Presi-
dent Susan Sigurdson Powers
will remain as Past President.
Recent club events have
included taking part in the
Swede-Heart Gala in Febru-
ary, in support of the Scandina-
vian Hjemkomst Festival, and
a dessert/sólarkaffi meeting in
March.
REYKJAVÍK — The Inter-
cultural Centre held the third
annual Festival of Nations in
Reykjavík on February 26.
This year 30 booths rep-
resented countries of origin
of immigrants to Iceland. The
Festival of Nations provided the
opportunity to discover and buy
merchandise of companies that
are run by immigrants, present-
ing foreign culture and foreign
foods to Icelanders. Canada’s
Booth was hosted by Kyle Guð-
mundson, a Framfari - Winni-
peg INL member.
The aim of the festival in
Reykjavik 2006 is to present
how immigrants and others of
foreign origin have a positive
infl uence on society in Iceland.
Icelandic society has become
more diverse, which calls for
increased tolerance and under-
standing among all Icelandic
citizens.
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Festival of
Nations a
success
FMIK elects new offi cers
REYKJAVÍK — The deadline for application to the Snorri
Plus Program in Iceland is April 1. The maximum number of par-
ticipants is 15.
The program, which is open to participants over 30, is designed
to put people of Icelandic descent in touch with their relatives in
Iceland, see the country and explore its history. The prograam this
year takes place between August 18 and 31.
For more information, visit www.snorri.is or e-mail
info@snorri.is.
Snorri Plus deadline April 1
GIMLI, MB — Due to a
surplus, the Icelandic Nation-
al League of North America
has reduced the cost of the
2006 INL Heritage Calen-
dar from $12 to $5. Shipping
costs are extra. To order,
please contact the INL offi ce
by e-mail at inl@mts.net or
call (204) 642-5897.
INL Calendars
lower in price
VICTORIA, BC — The deadline for Early Bird Registration
for the 2006 Icelandic National League Convention is March 20.
The cost is $125 Canadian per person.
All participants in the convention, which runs April 20 – 23 at
the Hotel Grand Pacifi c, must be pre-registered. After March 20,
the cost is $140. The fi nal deadline is April 6.
For more information, contact Donna Einarsson at (250) 715-
1924 or email corona.ca@shaw.ca, or visit www.victoria.tc.ca/
Community/Icelanders/convention.htm.
INL Convention Early Bird
deadline is this month
PHOTO COURTESY OF ÁSTA SÓL KRISTJÁNSDÓTTIR
Participants in the 2005 Snorri Plus at the Blue Lagoon.
Fire in National-University
Hospital residence
A fi re sprang up in scrap
wood in the cellar under wards
18 and 19 in the residence of
Iceland’s National-University
Hospital in Kópavogur Febru-
ary 27. The fi re department
worked to get the better of it
and clear the smoke.
At that point a cyclist was
moved to the accident ward
after he was struck at the cor-
ner of Rauðarárstígur and
Laugavegur, but he proved not
to be seriously injured.
* * *
3 kg of amphetamines found
The narcotics which were
found in the the Reykjavík area
February 23 were 3 kg of am-
phetamines. The matter is stil-
lunder investigation by the nar-
coctics division.
* * *
Roughly 600 artists
in Reykjavík Arts Festival
The 2006 Reykjavík Arts
Festival will be held May 12 –
June 2 and is the 20th one since
the founding of the Arts Festi-
val in 1970. Around 50 events,
with participation of 600 artists,
400 of whom are Icelandic, will
be in the schedule of the festival
this year. Musical works make
up the bulk of this festival.
* * *
Skeljungur sees whether
fuel prices will go up
Skeljungur, Inc. announced
on its website that a price change
for fuel is being looked at. The
Oil Association and Olís raised
the rice of gasoline to around
2.5 Icelandic krónur per litre
February 27 and the price of oil
to about 3 krónur per litre.
Skeljungur says that the
price change would take into
account the weakening of the
króna and the increase in the
world market price.
* * *
Reprinted from Morgun-
blaðið with permission. Trans-
lated by David Jón Fuller.
News from Iceland
BURNABY, BC — The
Icelandic Canadian Club of
British Columbia introduced
the new club princess at its an-
nual þorrablót in February.
Jae Águstine Cameron is
presently attending Simon Fra-
ser University, where she won
an entrance award and a BC
Provincial Scholarship and ma-
joring in Arts. She plans to be-
come a creative writer and an
environmental lawyer.
She graduated with honours
from Smithers High School
where amongst other subjects
she did very well in Mathemat-
ics and, at graduation, received
the top English Award and
the Social Awareness Award.
In Smithers she belonged to
‘Youth for a Better World.’
Jae Águstíne Cameron is
the daughter of Rachelle and
Jim Cameron of Smithers,
BC. Her grandmother and late
grandfather are Margaret Bjar-
nason and Victor Amirault of
Vancouver, B.C. Her great-
grandparents came to Manitoba
from Iceland in the 1880s and
1890s.
ICC of BC
chooses new
princess
PHOTO AND TEXT COURTESY OF THE ICC OF BC
Jae Águstíne Cameron