The outgoing Icelandic ambassador to Canada and his wife were saluted in the Senate of Canada on October 29. Manitoba senator Marilu McPhedran invited Hlynur Guðjónsson and his spouse Lulu Yee to watch Question Period in the red chamber. During statements by members, she paid tribute to the pair and their home country. She also heralded the work done by another Icelandic Canadian...

In the quiet farming community of Lundar, Manitoba – part of the broadening Icelandic settlement established by Icelandic immigrants in the late 19th century – two women quietly changed the course of women’s lives. In an era when birth control was illegal, sexuality was taboo, and maternal exhaustion was an unspoken burden, Soffía Líndal and Sigríður Hjálmarson did something both radical and compassionate: they helped local women access diaphragms during the 1930s, giving them the power to decide when – or if – to have another child...

Acclaimed Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson has been awarded the 2025 Nordic Council Music Prize. He had been nominated for the prize twice before, so as the old saying goes, “the third time is the charm.” “Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson has captured the imagination of public and critics alike with his profound musicianship,” according to the judge’s rationale for making the award...