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The building was designed by Ferdinand Meldahl and built using hewn Icelandic dolerite from 1880 to 1881. [1] The reliefs on the tympanums of the four outermost windows on the first floor represent the four landvættir of Iceland: a dragon, a vulture, a giant and a bull, momentarily appeased by Ingólfur Arnarson when he first landed in Iceland ...
45.5% of the Icelandic formal workforce was women in 2010. In the 2000s, just under 80% of Icelandic women were in formal employment, the highest rate in the OECD (about 86% of men were in formal employment). [44] [45] Rates of mothers in work are also high, perhaps due to high childcare coverage and generous parental leave policies. [46]
The present parliament building, the Alþingishús, was built in 1881, made of hewn Icelandic stone. [7] The unicameral parliament has 63 members, and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional representation. [8] The current speaker of the Althing is Birgir Ármannsson.
Schools, shops, banks and Iceland's famous swimming pools shut on Tuesday as women in the volcanic island nation — including the prime minister — went on strike to push for an end to unequal ...
Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer (below) for “The Day Iceland Stood Still,” ahead of the film’s world premiere at Hot Docs on April 29. When Oct. 24, 1975 was declared ...
Harpa (Icelandic pronunciation:, English: Harp) is a concert hall and conference centre in Reykjavík, Iceland. The opening concert was held on 4 May 2011. The opening concert was held on 4 May 2011. The building features a distinctive colored glass façade inspired by the basalt landscape of Iceland.
Icelandic society and culture has a high degree of gender equality, with many women in leadership positions in government and business. Iceland has a highly progressive gay rights legislation, with couples having been able to register civil unions since 1996, adopt since 2006, and marry since 2010.
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