Iceland review - 2014, Page 46

44 ICELAND REVIEW
grandeur and ambition. Clean, decisive and bold strokes.
Artistic appearance.
Iceland Review is still true to the line its founder Haraldur
J. Hamar made half a century ago. His goal—presented in his manifesto,
which still hangs on our office wall—was simple.
Has much changed since then? No, Iceland Review continues to take
the pulse of the country’s culture; we investigate the latest business
ventures, we listen to people, and we try to show Icelandic nature at
its best. We cover the autumn blizzards, the winter storms, the calm sea
dancing with the midnight sun.
We talk to horses, elves and Arctic Terns. We take you inside an ice
cave; we visit a herring museum and talk to a bad chef. And a good one.
We taste local beer for you, we go to Þorrablót, we climb a hill and a
mountain to see the sea. We try to bring to you Iceland as it is.
And here, Haraldur J. Hamar, the man who co-founded the maga-
zine, but after a very few years, took over as sole publisher and editor,
gives us the story of how and why Iceland Review was born, in the
autumn of 1963, just over 50 years ago. PS
Years 50
HappY birtHdaY, icelaNd review
the very first cover of Iceland Review,
published in august 1963, designed by Gísli
b. björnsson. the cover of this issue features
artwork by the same artist, half a century later.