The Icelandic Canadian - 01.03.1968, Qupperneq 52

50
THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Spring 1968
ember was awarded a scholarship by
the Icelandic Board of Education to
study at the University of Iceland for
two years. Miss Sigurdson is the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Sigurdson
of Lundar, Man.
★
The Gimli Centennial Booklet was
published last summer by the Gimli
Women’s Institute. It is a 43-page
publication with 68 pictures, and is
entitled Glimpses of Gimli, Past and
Present. Mrs. R. R. Howard of Gimli
compiled the material and the book,
which sells for $1 per copy, may be
ordered from her at Box 1019, Gimli,
Man.
★
Simpsons - Sears
* teleshopping'
su e-2117
NEWS TAKEN FROM
FJELAGSBLABIB
Icelandic Sagas
A complete edition of the Icelandic
Sagas will be published in Iceland
soon. The set, consisting of 42 vol-
umes, was last published in 1957, but
has not been available for several
years.
The price for a complete set will be
16,000 kronur or approximately
$280.00. The volumes will be bound
in black leather with gold lettering.
The publisher also plans to make a
book case available for those who wish
to purchase one with their set.
200,000 Icelanders
Well, it took 1100 years, but the
population in Iceland has reached the
200,000 mark. The growth has been
slow and not at all continuous through-
out the country’s history. The num-
ber of Icelanders was reduced down to
39,000 people after 9,000 persons died
in “MoSuharSindunum” in 1782. The
number of Icelanders in 1801 had
grown to 47,000 with 307 of them re-
siding in Reykjavik.
NATO Meeting
Over 300 NATO delegates will
gather in Reykjavik next June 24th for
the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion regular spring meeting. This is
the first time the organization holds a
major meeting in Iceland. The facil-
ities of the University of Iceland will
be used to house the business meet-
ings.
★