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Birthday
September 22nd 2016
Happy 99th Birthday to
Alice Goodman
Just 365 days until you hear
from the Queen.
Alice is the granddaughter of
Elin Gudmundsdottir and
Jakob Johannesson who left Iceland
in 1887 to come to New Iceland.

Love from daughter Alicyn, son Gerry,
wife Judith and granddaughter Kim
In Memoriam
In memory of Leo Goodman
November 12, 1915
- September 25, 1996

Although it has been 20 years
since you left us you are still
very much in daily thoughts.
Leo's father Gudmundur Gudmundsson
left Iceland with his widowed mother
and two sisters in 1887.
His mother was Magnusina Siguros
Jonson. Leo was born in Kandhar
Saskatchewan.

Loved and missed by his daughter
Alicyn and son Gerry, wife
Judith and granddaughter Kim
Wouldn’t your amma and afi be proud?
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Gísli Pálsson, University of Chicago
Press, 264 pages, illustrated with
8 color plates and 49 halftones
The island nation of Iceland is known for many things – majestic landscapes, volcanic eruptions,
distinctive seafood – but racial diversity
is not one of them. So the little-known
story of Hans Jonathan, a free black man
who lived and raised a family in early
nineteenth-century Iceland, is improbable
and compelling, the stuff of novels.
In The Man Who Stole Himself, Gísli
Pálsson lays out Jonathan’s story in stunning
detail. Born into slavery in St. Croix in
1784, Jonathan was brought as a slave to
Denmark, where he eventually enlisted
in the navy and fought on behalf of the
country in the 1801 Battle of Copenhagen.
After the war, he declared himself a free
man, believing that not only was he due
freedom because of his patriotic service,
but because while slavery remained legal in
the colonies, it was outlawed in Denmark
The Man Who Stole Himself:
The Slave Odyssey of Hans Jonathan
itself. Jonathan was the subject of one
of the most notorious slavery cases in
European history, which he lost. Then,
he ran away – never to be heard from
in Denmark again, his fate unknown for
more than two hundred years. It’s now
known that Jonathan fled to Iceland,
where he became a merchant and peasant
farmer, married, and raised two children.
Today, he has become something of an
Icelandic icon, claimed as a proud and
daring ancestor both there and among his
descendants in America.
The Man Who Stole Himself brilliantly
intertwines Jonathan’s adventurous
travels with a portrait of the Danish
slave trade, legal arguments over slavery,
and the state of nineteenth-century race
relations in the Northern Atlantic world.
Throughout the book, Pálsson traces
themes of imperial dreams, colonialism,
human rights, and globalization, which
all come together in the life of a single,
remarkable man. Jonathan literally led a
life like no other. His is the story of a man
who had the temerity – the courage – to
steal himself.
ruv.is – Two and a half
million foreign tourists are
expected to visit Iceland in 2018.
While this represents significant
growth over the next two years,
the rate of increase will be less
than in previous years. Arion
Bank’s Research Department
projects this in the forecast it
presented in September.
This year, projections show
1.7 million foreign tourists
will visit Iceland. This will
be an increase of 38.7 percent
since last year. Next year, 2.2
million tourists are expected, an
increase of 26.6 percent from
this year. The growth will slow
down over the next several
years, but the number of tourists
will nevertheless increase.
The projection assumes a 10
percent increase in the number
of tourists from 2018 to 2019,
when nearly 2.8 million tourists
are expected. The bank’s
report said that its forecast
was considerably steeper than
previous forecasts, since, until
now, the increase in the number
of tourists has repeatedly
exceeded expectations.
Arion Bank’s Research
Department said that if the
upswing in tourism had not
developed, the nation’s GDP
would have been 4 to 8 percent
lower than it is today. According
to the report, the performance of
the tourism industry has greatly
improved. Finances are stronger
than before and there is little
indication of a lending bubble in
the tourism industry.
The report concludes
that it is urgent to invest in
communications and trans-
portation, particularly the road
system. It is also important
to achieve agreement on
reasonable government fees.
In this regard, the report
mentions the overnight tax and
direct collection of fees from
individual tourist destinations.
The bank’s projection calls
for the construction of 2,500
hotel rooms in Reykjavík
over the next five years. The
cost of staying overnight in
Reykjavík has gone up by
nearly 40 percent (measured in
euros) over the last three years.
The utilization of hotels has
improved in most parts of the
country. Up to now, a stronger
króna exchange rate has had
little influence on tourists’
consumption; however, the
influence of exchange rates is
noticeable and could grow if the
króna continues to strengthen.
Reprinted with permission
from Icelandic News Briefs,
published by KOM PR.
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The current Lögberg-Heimskringla office building has been sold, and we have
once again been unexpectedly forced to move.
L-H would greatly appreciate a one-time donation to assist in funding its
relocation to a new premesis. Thank you for supporting L-H!
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2.5 million tourists forecast for 2018