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Art and Literature from Iceland.
Information about novels, books and works of Icelandic authors and painters. Featured artists are the writers Elías Snæland Jónsson, Úlfar Harri Elíasson and Anna Kristín Brynjúlfsdóttir and the painter Brynjúlfur Jónsson.
Birds in Death Throes
Play by the writer Elías Snæland Jónsson from Reykjavik, Iceland. Information on actors with interviews and pictures from a performance in a theater in Dresden, Germany.
Culture Net Iceland
Culture Net Iceland contains information about icelandic culture and provides many links.
Halldór Kiljan Laxness Nobel Laureate
Biography and acceptance speech.
Icelandic Sagas
Information on the Sagas, medieval Icelandic literature. Includes an overview, online texts, and external links.
Index of Icelandic Medieval Literature
Texts about Icelandic sagas and Medieval Icelandic Literature.
Jónas Hallgrímsson: Selected Poetry and Prose
50 works by the Icelandic poet and natural scientist Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807-1845), with Icelandic text, audio recordings, English translations, extensive commentaries, and a biography.
Jörmungrund
Old Icelandic texts, primarily Eddaic and Skaldic poetry, with English translations, concordances, and commentaries.
National and University Library of Iceland
The National Library of Iceland. The library functions include collecting and preserving all materials published in Icelandic. It has an online Library System.
Randburg.com's Icelandic Bookstore.
At Randburg.com you can buy Icelandic sagas and novels in English translations.
Sigurður Nordal (1886-1974)
Biography, bibliography, and article on his influence on Icelandic cultural history.
The Chronicles of the Kings of Norway
An online English translation of The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway (or Heimskringla) by Snorri Sturluson.
The Laxdaela Saga
An online English translation of The Laxdaela Saga. This Saga was written around 1245 A.D.
The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald (Kormáks sa
Written in Icelandic sometime between 1250 - 1300 A.D.
The Saga of Grettir the Strong
The Saga of Grettir the Strong was originally written in the early 14th century by an unknown author.
The Sagas of Icelanders in English
Leifur Eiriksson Publishing has completed the first English translation of the entire corpus of the Sagas of Icelanders together with the forty-nine Tales connected with them.
The Story of Burnt Njal (Njálssaga)
An online English translation of The Story of Burnt Njal (Njálssaga or Njála in Icelandic), one of the more famous and dramatic Icelandic sagas.
The Story of the Ere-Dwellers (Eyrbyggja Saga)
The Story of the Ere-Dwellers or Eyrbyggja Saga was written around the middle of the 13th century.
The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga) with Exc
The quests of the hero Sigurd, originally written in Icelandic (Old Norse) in the 13th century, e-text at the Online Medieval and Classical Library.