The Icelandic Canadian - 01.09.1981, Qupperneq 6

The Icelandic Canadian
Volume XL, No. 1
Winnipeg, Canada
AUTUMN, 1981
Editorial: Holmfridur (Freda) Danielson — A.V....................................................... 5
The Cover Pictures................................................................................... 7
Notice to Our Subscribers .......................................................................... 7
The Magazine is Launched — Holmfridur Danielson..................................................... 8
Hello! (Poem) — Dr. Sig. Jut. Johannesson........................................................... 14
Personnel of the Magazine Board of the Icelandic Canadian. 1942-1981
— Compiled by Sigrid Johnson.............................................................. 15
Ludvik Kristjansson — Roy St. George Stubbs......................................................... 18
My Own Mother — Holmfridur Danielson ............................................................... 21
The Address of the Fjallkona (Mountain Woman) — Marjorie Arnason.................................... 24
Toast to Iceland — John J. Arnason.................................................................. 26
Heimir Thorgrimson’s Correspondence from World War II — Compiled by Hrund Skulason.................. 31
Autograph Party at the Gimli Library.............................................................. 34
Turning Over a New Leif — Silver Donald Cameron..................................................... 35
New Members of the Magazine Board of The Icelandic Canadian......................................... 37
In the Footsteps of Audur (Unnur) The Deep Minded: Translation ..................................... 38
Those Perky Puffins of Peoria — Bill Connors........................................................ 39
Book Review: Some Silent Shore — Jo Modert ......................................................... 42
In the News..........................................................................................43
Index to Advertisers.................................................................................47
THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
A North American quarterly published in Winnipeg, Canada,
dedicated to the preservation of the Icelandic heritage.
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF (and Chairman of the Board): Axel Vopnfjord, 1 - 670 Gertrude Ave., Winnipeg R3M 2M9
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ASSOCIATES: Bob Asgeirsson, Vancouver, B.C.: Valdimar Bjomson, Minneapolis; Thorsteinn Gislason, Salem,
N.H.; George Hanson, Chicago; Bill Valgardson, Victoria, B.C.; H. V. Vidal, Brandon, Man.
CORRESPONDENT IN ICELAND: Gudrun Jorundsdottir.
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