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Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir
Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir (born 27 September 1939 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic author and artist. She has received a number of awards as an artist and author of more than 130 books, including children's books, books on nature, and the Óðsmál series. The Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture and Hagthenkir, the Association of Non-fiction and Educational Writers in Iceland, funded the Óðsmál series. Guðrún received a research grant from the Icelandic Government Cultural Council in 1988. A model in her teens, she appeared in the Icelandic films ''Hrafninn flýgur'' (''When the Raven Flies'') and '' Myrkrahöfðinginn'' (''Flames of Paradise''). Guðrún graduated from the Commercial College of Iceland in 1962, and graduated from the Icelandic Art Academy (Myndlista-og handíðaskóli Íslands) in 1973. She studied pedagogy at the University of Iceland, and was a distant-education student in the science of consciousness and physics at the Maharish ...
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Reykjavík
Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a population of around 131,136 (and 233,034 in the Capital Region), it is the centre of Iceland's cultural, economic, and governmental activity, and is a popular tourist destination. Reykjavík is believed to be the location of the first permanent settlement in Iceland, which, according to Landnámabók, was established by Ingólfr Arnarson in 874 CE. Until the 18th century, there was no urban development in the city location. The city was officially founded in 1786 as a trading town and grew steadily over the following decades, as it transformed into a regional and later national centre of commerce, population, and governmental activities. It is among the cleanest, greenest, and safest cities in the world. History According to lege ...
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Icelandic refers to anything of, from, or related to Iceland and may refer to: *Icelandic people *Icelandic language *Icelandic alphabet *Icelandic cuisine See also * Icelander (other) * Icelandic Airlines, a predecessor of Icelandair * Icelandic horse, a breed of domestic horse * Icelandic sheep, a breed of domestic sheep * Icelandic Sheepdog, a breed of domestic dog * Icelandic cattle Icelandic cattle ( is, íslenskur nautgripur ) are a breed of cattle native to Iceland. Cattle were first brought to the island during the Settlement of Iceland a thousand years ago. Icelandic cows are an especially colorful breed with a wide v ..., a breed of cattle * Icelandic chicken, a breed of chicken {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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Icelandic Language
Icelandic (; is, íslenska, link=no ) is a North Germanic language spoken by about 314,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland, where it is the national language. Due to being a West Scandinavian language, it is most closely related to Faroese, western Norwegian dialects, and the extinct language, Norn. The language is more conservative than most other Germanic languages. While most of them have greatly reduced levels of inflection (particularly noun declension), Icelandic retains a four- case synthetic grammar (comparable to German, though considerably more conservative and synthetic) and is distinguished by a wide assortment of irregular declensions. Icelandic vocabulary is also deeply conservative, with the country's language regulator maintaining an active policy of coining terms based on older Icelandic words rather than directly taking in loanwords from other languages. Since the written language has not changed much, Icelandic speakers can read classic ...
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RÚV (TV Channel)
RÚV is the main television channel of RÚV, the Icelandic Public broadcasting, public broadcaster, launched in 1966. The free-to-air channel broadcasts primarily news, sports, entertainment, cultural programs, children's material, original Icelandic programming as well as United States, American, United Kingdom, British and Nordic countries, Nordic content. Among its highest-rated programs are the comedy sketch show ''Spaugstofan,'' mystery drama ''Trapped (Icelandic TV series), Ófærð (Trapped)'' and ''Fréttir (television program), Fréttir'' (''News''). It is the Icelandic Olympic Broadcasting Services, Olympic Broadcaster and has also usually holds rights to the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship, UEFA Euro competitions. It is a member of the European Broadcasting Union and is responsible Söngvakeppnin, for selecting Iceland's entries to the Eurovision Song Contest. History The network made its first transmission on 30 September 1966 on channel. To begin wit ...
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