The Sagas of Icelanders ()— many of which are also known as family sagas — are prose histories mostly describing events that took place in Iceland in the 10th and early 11th centuries, during the so-called Saga Age.

Sturla used the power and influence of the Sturlungar family to wage war against the other clans in Iceland.

He sailed West from Norway with his family and settled in Hornstrandir in northwestern Iceland.

Since 1939 the Zamboni family has also operated Iceland, an ice skating rink with improvements patented by Frank Zamboni.

Though Leif's birthplace is not accounted for in the sagas, it is likely he was born in Iceland, where his parents met — probably somewhere in Breiðafjörður, and possibly at the farm Haukadal where Thjodhild's family is said to have been based.

The Stordal family is quite known in Iceland but the siblings Sigurður Kristinn Stórdal and Lovísa Stórdal are without a doubt most known Stordal alive nowadays.

In contemporary Western societies ( except for Iceland, Hungary, sometimes Flanders ( depending on the occasion ) and most dialects in the south of the German language area ), the most common naming convention is that of a given name, usually indicating the child's sex, followed by the parents ' family name.

There are also vivid descriptions of his other fights and friendships, his relationship with his family ( highlighted by his jealousy, as well as fondness for his older brother Þórólfr ), his old age, and the fate of his own son Þorsteinn ( who was baptized once Roman Catholicism came to Iceland ) and his children who had many children of their own.

Under Iceland naming conventions, his name would have been Magnús Sigursteinsson ( Magnús, son of Sigursteinn ), but his family adopted British naming conventions and he took his father's surname.

When it was suggested that the match would be a wise decision due to Thorbjorn ’ s financial situation, he announced that he would rather “ leave my farm than live with this loss of honor, and rather leave the country than shame my family .” Gudrid and her father promptly left Iceland and voyaged to Greenland to accompany Eirik the Red.

There are many exceptions to this general rule: Westerners often insert a third or more names between the given and surnames ; Chinese and Hungarian names have the family name preceding the given name ; females now often retain their maiden names ( their family surname ) or combine, using a hyphen, their maiden name and the surname of their husband ; some East Slavic nations insert the patronym ( a name derived from the given name of the father ) between the given and the family name ; in Iceland the given name is used with the patronym and surnames rarely used.

Some family names exist in Iceland, mostly inherited from parents of foreign origin, while some are adopted.

It was officially adopted on 19 June 1915, to represent Iceland, and has been in use at sea since 1 December 1918, when Iceland became a separate Kingdom the family of Scandinavian countries.

Angelica is a genus of about 60 species of tall biennial and perennial herbs in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, reaching as far north as Iceland and Lapland.

The town's main shopping area is on Church Street, where alongside small family run stores you can find Iceland, Netto ( now part of the Asda chain ) and a Lidl store.

He was deadlifting in his gym in Iceland when he suffered the heart attack, caused, it is thought, by a torn aorta which was related to a weakened heart, a problem that was known to exist in his family.

The descendants of Ingólfur Arnarson who dominated the region of southwest Iceland had become the most powerful family in the country, and other chieftains felt a need for a general assembly to limit their power.

Her family was flown with the casket to Iceland, arriving five days after her death.

Ultimately, Egill returned to his family farm in Iceland, where he remained a power to be reckoned with in local politics.

After being left out of a squad for a mini tournament in Iceland in May 1986, O ' Leary booked a family holiday which he decided not to cancel when he was eventually asked up to the squad following several withdrawals.

In some countries ( Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland ), there are other editions that lack some features such as Windows Media Player, Windows Media Center and Internet Explorer called names such as " Windows 7 N ."

Limited operate a chain of stores in Jersey, their franchises include well-known names, such as Marks & Spencer, Iceland, and Costa Coffee.

Njörðr's name appears in various place names in Scandinavia, such as Nærdhæwi ( now Nalavi ), Njærdhavi ( now Mjärdevi ), Nærdhælunda ( now Närlunda ), Nierdhatunum ( now Närtuna ) in Sweden, Njarðvík in southwest Iceland, Njarðarlög and Njarðey ( now Nærøy ) in Norway.

Several place names in Iceland, Greenland and Norway may originate from walrus sites ; Hvalfjord, Hvallatrar and Hvalsnes to name some, all being typical walrus breeding grounds.

The polka also migrated to the Nordic countries where it is known by a variety of names in Denmark ( galopp, hopsa ), Estonia ( polka ), Finland ( pariisipolkka, polkka ), Iceland, Norway ( galopp, hamborgar, hopsa / hopsar, parisarpolka, polka, polkett, skotsk ) and Sweden ( polka ).

In Iceland, patronymics are still used as last names and this is in fact compulsory by law, with a handful of exceptions.

The national parliaments of Iceland, Norway and Denmark all have names that incorporate thing:

Moreover, it was a common element in girls ' names as evidenced on runestones, and it still is in Iceland.

First names that have not been previously used in Iceland must be approved by the Icelandic Naming Committee () before being used.

The term appears in skaldic poetry and in place names in Scandinavia ( with the exception of Iceland ), often in connection with a Norse deity or a geographic feature.

This early literature has an influence today, with many riding clubs and horse herds in modern Iceland still bearing the names of horses from Norse mythology.

ISO 3166-2: IS is the entry for Iceland in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization ( ISO ), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions ( e. g., provinces or states ) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

Having returned, he praised the new land and called it after his own name Garðarshólmi ( see names of Iceland ).

About 10 % of the Icelandic population, notably the father-son pair of Arnór Guðjohnsen and Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen, have inherited family names, but are addressed in Iceland by their given names.

Similar place names in the British Isles include Tynwald, Dingwall, and Tingwall ; see also Thingvellir in Iceland and Tingvoll in Norway.

Cryogenic earth hummocks go by many different names ; in North America they are earth hummocks ; thúfur in Greenland and Iceland ; and pounus in Fennoscandia.

The world setting is similar to our own world, but thousands of years ago and with different continent names: Mediterranea ( Europe ), Eria ( North America ), Tamoanchan ( South America ), Turan ( Arabia ), Gondwana ( Africa ), Jambu ( Asia ), the Nether Realm ( Antarctica ), and Anostos and Jotunland ( Iceland and Greenland-like ).

The word still appears in the names of some of the legislative assemblies throughout Scandinavia, for example the Folketing of Denmark, the Althing of Iceland and the Storting of Norway.

There are two main strains of contemporary Germanic Paganism known as Ásatrú, originating near-simultaneously in Iceland (, 1972 ) and the USA ( Asatru Free Assembly, 1974 ).

Second, there are well-documented historical examples of ( small ) societies that have practiced unspecific coercion without the help of State institutions — like Iceland in the early Middle Ages.

All those born in Iceland, and all new residents, are automatically registered.

Today's EFTA members are Liechtenstein, Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland — the latter two being founding members.

The books are the main sources of medieval skaldic tradition in Iceland and Norse mythology.

Maximum magnitudes along many normal faults are even more limited because many of them are located along spreading centers, as in Iceland, where the thickness of the brittle layer is only about 6 km.

The Faroe Islands are an island group consisting of eighteen islands off the coast of Northern Europe, between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic, about half-way between Iceland and Norway.

Finland is the only Nordic country to have joined the Eurozone ; Denmark and Sweden have retained their traditional currencies, whereas Iceland and Norway are not members of the EU at all.

In Iceland, patronymics are used by a majority of the population.

Only six breeding colonies are known: Papa Westray in the Orkney Islands, St. Kilda Island off Scotland, Grimsey Island and Eldey Island near Iceland, Funk Island near Newfoundland, and the Bird Rocks ( Rochers-aux-Oiseaux ) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

There are two examples: Iceland, which is the world's second largest volcanic island, and Jan Mayen — both are in the Atlantic.

In Iceland, folklore says that if you bathe naked in the morning dew on the morning of June 24, you are supposed to keep aging at bay for longer.

Many of the streets in Kista are named after towns and famous people from Denmark and Iceland.

They are considered " common " ( 0. 20 – 0. 40 individuals per 100 km² ) in the eastern Pacific along the coasts of British Columbia, Washington and Oregon, in the North Atlantic Ocean around Iceland and the Faroe Islands.

The members of CBSS are Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden and European Commission.

* Whales and dolphins are hunted, partly for their flesh, by aboriginal communities in Japan, Alaska, Siberia, Canada, by the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and by two small communities in Indonesia.

All together there are 255 soldiers serving in Monaco's military ( not including civilian employees who currently number 35 total ), making its military the third smallest in the world ( after Antigua and Barbuda and Iceland ).

* Iceland: Although the inhabitants are ethnically related to other Scandinavian groups, the national culture and language are found only in Iceland.

There are no cross-border minorities, the nearest land is too far away: see Demographics of Iceland