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Icelandic, a North Germanic language, is the official language of Iceland (de facto; the laws are silent about the issue). Icelandic has inflectional grammar comparable to Latin, Ancient Greek, more closely to Old English and practically identical to Old Norse. Old Icelandic literature can be divided into several categories.
The national anthem of Iceland is "Lofsöngur", composed by Matthías Jochumsson and Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson. [7] The song was written in 1874, when Iceland celebrated the one thousandth anniversary of settlement on the island. It was in the form of a hymn, first published under the title A Hymn in Commemoration of Iceland's Thousand Years.
Immigration to Iceland rose rapidly in the late twentieth century, encouraged by Iceland's accession to the European Economic Area in 1994, its entry into the Schengen Agreement in 2001, and the country's economic boom in the early twenty-first century. The largest ethnic minority is Poles, who are about a third of the immigrant population. In ...
As of 2009, Iceland had 3.7 doctors per 1,000 people (compared with an average of 3.1 in OECD countries) and 15.3 nurses per 1,000 people (compared with an OECD average of 8.4). [ 231 ] Icelanders are among the world's healthiest people, with 81% reporting they are in good health, according to an OECD survey. [ 145 ]
Pages in category "Icelandic people" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. I. Icelanders
14% of Icelandic families have single mothers, while 2% have single fathers. 40% have both parents, while the remainder of families are childless. [48] Among those not in formal employment, a 2010 survey found that 95% of those describing themselves as homemakers were women. The survey also found 1200 people on unpaid family leave, all of them ...
He defined nordique by a set of physical characteristics: the concurrence of somewhat wavy hair, light eyes, reddish skin, tall stature and a dolichocephalic skull. [14] Of six 'Caucasian' groups Deniker accommodated four into secondary ethnic groups, all of which he considered intermediate to the Nordic: Northwestern , Sub-Nordic , Vistula and ...
Huldufólk [a] or hidden people are elves in Icelandic and Faroese folklore. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are supernatural beings that live in nature. They look and behave similarly to humans, but live in a parallel world . [ 3 ]