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Eyþór Guðmunsson - rare book collection interview on All Things Iceland

Meet Iceland’s Guardian of Rare Books: Eyþór Guðmundsson

November 6, 2024 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Interviews 59:40 0 Comments

Eyþór is an Icelandic antiquarian with an impressive rare book collection. For many years, he has been collecting and restoring rare books, some of which are important original Icelandic manuscripts. We sat down to chat about his collection and so much more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkKR4qoW67A Questions I Asked Eyþór During the Interview? When did your fascination with…

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Rökkvi Vésteinsson interview - All Things Iceland

Rökkvi Vésteinsson on Using LingQ to Learn Languages & More

May 9, 2024 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Icelandic, Interviews, Language 0 Comments

Rökkvi Vésteinsson was born in 1978 in Iceland. He had a multicultural upbringing, living in Chicago at age 11, and spending summers in Denmark and Sweden during his teens. By age 20, he was fluent in four foreign languages, thanks to his travels and a stint as an au pair in Germany. Rökkvi began his…

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Laura Alice Watt interview - All Things Iceland podcast

Laura Alice Watt: An American Relocates to Iceland’s Remote Westfjords

April 17, 2024 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Interviews 1:06:28 0 Comments

Interviews are one of my favorite things to do for the podcast, so I was delighted when Laura was available to come on and share about her experience moving from the San Francisco Bay area to one of the most remote parts of the Westfjords in Iceland. Background About Laura Alice Watt Laura Alice Watt…

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Chief Phil Fontaine

Chief Phil Fontaine on West Icelanders & His History-Making Activism for Indigenous People

May 9, 2023 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Culture, Interviews 1:08:39 0 Comments

I had the honor of interviewing Chief Phil Fontaine, an Indigenous Canadian leader, and former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. He is best known for playing a central role in raising awareness about residential schools in Canada and pushing for a Federal and Papal apology in 2008 and 2022. Additionally, he helped…

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Halli Thorleifsson - All Things Iceland

Wheelchair Accessibility in Iceland – Interview with Halli Thorleifsson

March 23, 2023 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Interviews, Travel Tips 0 Comments

I have another fantastic interview to share with you this month. This time around it’s with Haraldur Thorleifsson or “Halli”, as he likes to be called. Halli was born and raised in Iceland and has achieved some incredible things, such as building a successful design company and selling it to Twitter. In 2022, he was…

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Living in Greenland vs Iceland – Josepha Lauth Thomsen

March 12, 2023 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Culture, Destinations, History, Interviews, Places to Visit 0 Comments

This is the third and last episode I am publishing for what I dubbed “Greenland Week” on the podcast. As mentioned in previous episodes, Greenland and Iceland have some interesting things in common. Also, Iceland is only one of two places in the world where you can fly directly to Greenland, which gives you a…

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Meg Matich interview

Meg Matich – American Poet & Translator Based in Reykjavík, Iceland

November 6, 2022 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Icelandic, Interviews 0 Comments

Meg Matich is a poet and translator in Reykjavik. She earned her Master’s of Fine Arts from Columbia University and has received support for her work from the Banff Centre, PEN America, and the Fulbright Commission, and she is a frequent collaborator with Reykjavik UNESCO and a friend of UNESCO Lviv. Meg is the author…

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Auður Jónsdóttir - Influential Icelandic Author of her generation - All Things Iceland

One of the Most Influential Icelandic Authors of Her Generation – Auður Jónsdóttir

October 24, 2022 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Interviews 0 Comments

Auður Jónsdóttir is one of the most accomplished and influential authors writing in Iceland today. Her novels have inspired interest in Iceland, as well as abroad, for their rare blend of incisive frankness and humor. She won the Icelandic Literary Prize for The People in the Basement and the Icelandic Women’s Literature Prize for Secretaries…

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A Simple Resource for Learning Icelandic-Interview with Karítas

July 19, 2022 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Icelandic, Interviews, Language 0 Comments

Karítas Hrundar Pálsdóttir is the author of Ástiðir and Dagatal, two books about short stories in Icelandic. In this interview we talk about how short stories in various levels of Icelandic help learners of the language to learn faster and easier. Karítas is currently pursuing her Ph.D in Creative Writing in the U.K. and was…

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Sharyn Chesna - moving pets to Iceland

The Tedious Process of Moving Pets to Iceland – Sharyn Chesna

May 31, 2022 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Interviews 00:29:57 0 Comments

Moving to Iceland is already quite a tedious process for most people but coming with pets is an extra layer of paperwork and other potential difficulties. Sharyn Chesna was born and raised in the US but she also has German citizenship (you’ll learn the fascinating story behind her finding that out when you listen to…

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