Iceland review - 2016, Side 5

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4 FROM THE EDITOR
6 HARPA IN TRICOLORE
In mid-November Harpa was lit in the colors
of the French flag, joining other buildings and
world monuments in a show of solidarity.
8 BANISHING THE WINTER BLUES
Iceland Review takes a look at three winter
festivals to help you through the season.
10 CULTURAL CURIOSITIES
Reviews of a recent documentary, a book and
an album.
12 DRAWING ATTENTION
Vala Hafstað speaks with illustrator Rán
Flygenring about her work and life.
14 RENAISSANCE MAN
Elliott Brandsma asks artist Ragnar Helgi
Ólafsson about his expansive career
in the arts.
17 DIFFERENT VOICES
Four refugees take the stage at Iceland’s
largest theater to tell their stories.
20 LIFE IN LIGHT AND SHADOW
Film director Rúnar Rúnarsson tells Eygló
Svala Arnarsdóttir about his latest movie
Sparrows, which continues to earn praise
worldwide.
28 A TO B
Páll Stefánsson presents a selection of
some of his favorite images taken
across Iceland in 2015.
38 PASSION FOR FASHION
Contemporary portrait and fashion
photographer Anna Ósk Erlingsdóttir talks
about following her passion.
44 TASTE OF ICELAND
Zoë Robert and photographer
Áslaug Snorradóttir travel to London to
join 15 Icelandic small-scale food
producers at Borough Market.
ICELAND REVIEW
49 FOOD FROM A FARAWAY PLACE
Eygló Svala Arnarsdóttir speaks to food
historian Nanna Rögnvaldardóttir about
Icelandic culinary traditions.
52 ENERGY FOR EVERYONE?
A decades-long debate on whether to
connect the electricity transmission systems
of Iceland and the UK was recently reignited.
Zoë Robert takes a look at some of the
arguments behind the discussion.
56 RIGHT TO ROAM
Halldór Lárusson discusses how the new
Nature Protection Act may impact the public’s
right to access the Icelandic wilderness.
60 SPOTLIGHT ON
STYKKISHÓLMUR
Iceland Review travels to the town of
Stykkishólmur to meet people involved in
innovative projects using local resources.
66 LAST CENTURY’S PICTURE MAN
The late photojournalist Ólafur K. Magnússon
documented life in Iceland for half a century.
We feature some of the most intriguing
images from his extensive catalogue.
70 THE SAGA OF ICELAND’S
MODERN WHALERS
Speaking to parties on both sides of the
debate, Yaroslava Kutsai takes a look at
some of the potential impacts of modern
day whaling on Iceland’s image abroad.
75 SUPPLEMENT – THE ARCTIC
NORTH
Learn all about activities and adventures in
North Iceland.
91 SUPPLEMENT – CONVENTIONS
Find out why Iceland is the ideal location for
corporate events.
112 – LAST PAGE
Taking a selfie in heavy snowfall in downtown
Reykjavík in early December.
On the cover: December storm in Landeyjar,
South Iceland. Photo by Páll Stefánsson.