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The Icelandic Esperanto Association ( eo, Islanda Esperanto-Asocio; is, Íslenska esperantosambandið, ''Esperantosamband Íslands'') is one of the national associations of the
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Esperanto organizations
The Icelandic Esperanto Association ( eo, Islanda Esperanto-Asocio; is, Íslenska esperantosambandið, ''Esperantosamband Íslands'') is one of the national associations of the Universal Esperanto Association
The Universal Esperanto Association ( eo, Universala Esperanto-Asocio, UEA), also known as the World Esperanto Association, is the largest international organization of Esperanto speakers, with 5501 individual members in 121 countries and 9215 th ...
(UEA). It was founded in 1950 and joined the Universal Esperanto Association
The Universal Esperanto Association ( eo, Universala Esperanto-Asocio, UEA), also known as the World Esperanto Association, is the largest international organization of Esperanto speakers, with 5501 individual members in 121 countries and 9215 th ...
in 1975. It publishes a magazine called ''La velo'' (The Sail). Its president is Hannes Högni Vilhjálmsson (as of November 2014).
The association has twice hosted the World Esperanto Congress
The World Esperanto Congress ( eo, Universala Kongreso de Esperanto, UK) is an annual Esperanto convention. It has the longest tradition among international Esperanto conventions, with an almost unbroken run for 113 years. The congresses have be ...
: the 62nd in the summer of 1997 and the 98th in Reykjavík from July 20 to July 27, 2013.
The first national Esperanto association in Iceland, Samband íslenzkra esperantista, was founded in 1931.
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* {{cite journal , author=Árni Böðvarsson , authorlink=Árni Böðvarsson , title=Þjóðir og tungumál , journal=Tímarit Máls og menningar , url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=6275540 , year=1954 , volume=15 , issue=2 , pages=166–88External links
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Esperanto organizations