The Icelandic Canadian Frón is hosting a fundraiser for the Lögberg-Heimskringla Hidden Treasure Project. This project is aimed at highlighting the paper's office space on Marion. The interior office space is great but the exterior needs work to make it shine. We are very proud of our newspaper and it is fitting that the exterior … Continue reading Lögberg-Heimskringla Hidden Treasure Project Fundraiser
Sigrun Palsdottir at McNally Robinson Tuesday, October 1, 2019 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 1st McNally Robinson Booksellers Grant Park in the Atrium The acclaimed Icelandic author will be discussing and signing History. A Mess (Open Letter Books), translated from the Icelandic by Lytton Smith. Co-presented by the Consulate General of Iceland in Winnipeg, the Icelandic Canadian Fron and Logberg-Heimskringla. While studying a seventeenth-century diary, the protagonist of … Continue reading Sigrun Palsdottir at McNally Robinson Tuesday, October 1, 2019 7:00 p.m.
Kvennahlaup 2019
Icelandic Women’s Walk The Icelandic Canadian Frón’s annual Kvennahlaup is coming up on June 15th. We will be meeting at 10:00 am at the Duck Pond in Assiniboine Park. Registration fee is $25.00 for adults, $10.00 for children under 12. Registration includes an official Kvennahlaup T-shirt from Iceland and a snack after the walk. The … Continue reading Kvennahlaup 2019
Gearing up for the 100th Anniversary Convention
Only 4 days to go before the 100th Anniversary convention begins in Winnipeg. Members of the Icelandic Canadian Fron are busy getting everything ready for Thursday, May 16th, when participants of the convention will begin to arrive. Today we had a work bee to fill up the convention participant bags and deal with other last … Continue reading Gearing up for the 100th Anniversary Convention
Building The Future
As the Icelandic National League of North America's 100th anniversary convention date approaches everyone is getting involved in the many jobs that need to be done. Pictured above are members of our youth group preparing favours for the Gala dinner. The youth group is led by Erika Thorsteinson and Karen Botting. They meet through the … Continue reading Building The Future
Announcement
The Icelandic Canadian Frón is pleased to announce Guðni Th. Jóhannesson President of Iceland and First Lady Eliza Reid will be joining us in Winnipeg in honour of the 100th Anniversary of the Icelandic National League of North America. The convention takes place May 16-19, 2019 at the Fairmont Hotel in Winnipeg. Convention registration and … Continue reading Announcement
Who’s Coming to the Convention
We have a great line up of people coming to speak on a variety of topics at the 100th INLNA convention May 16-19. You can see a list of people and organizations on our convention program highlights page here. On Saturday at lunch we will have a group of special guests. They are quite mischievous and … Continue reading Who’s Coming to the Convention
