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Lögberg-Heimskringla Featured News Story Articles

Goodman Writers’ Grant
Jay Lalonde studies Icelanders in Nova Scotia

I am currently a PhD candidate in history at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. It is difficult to pinpoint when I first became interested in Icelandic, but initially there was Tolkien, of course, and when I read Victoria Cribb’s first translations of Sjón in the early 2010s, I was hooked. I first earned a BA in Norwegian Studies and in English, but knew that what I really wanted was to learn Icelandic...

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Protecting democracy
The implications of post-truth politics

“We need to show more resolve in protecting liberal democracy, in particular as regards the importance of a functioning public sphere – a shared communicative space where people have access to reliable information and can argue with one another in a civil manner. This is a cornerstone of any functioning democracy,” says Maximilian Conrad, professor of political science at the University of Iceland...

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IODE awards scholarships
Fourteen students receive support

On Sunday, October 26, 2025, the Jon Sigurdson Chapter IODE awarded fourteen scholarships worth $1,000 each to deserving postsecondary students. The Scholarship Awards reception was held at the Scandinavian Cultural Centre with 39 people in attendance, including the students, their family members and guests, and chapter members. The event featured two guest speakers and two musical performers, all scholarship recipients. Refreshments were served by members of the chapter...

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