Events in the year 2018 in Iceland. President: Guðni Th. Jóhannesson Prime Minister: Katrín Jakobsdóttir 26 May – scheduled date for the Icelandic municipal...
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The economy of Iceland is small and subject to high volatility. In 2011, the gross domestic product was US$12 billion, but by 2018 it had increased to...
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The Iceland national football team (Icelandic: Íslenska karlalandsliðið í knattspyrnu) represents Iceland in men's international football. The team is...
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The Icelandic entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal was selected through the national final Söngvakeppnin 2018, organised by the Icelandic broadcaster...
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municipalities in Iceland include more than one settlement. For example, four localities (Selfoss, Stokkseyri, Eyrarbakki, and Tjarnabyggð) can all be found in the...
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bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights in Iceland rank among the highest in the world. Icelandic culture is generally tolerant towards homosexuality...
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Iceland is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally...
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The króna (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkʰrouːna]) or krona (sometimes called Icelandic crown; sign: kr; code: ISK) is the currency of Iceland. One króna...
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The 2018 Icelandic Cup, also known as Borgunarbikar for sponsorship reasons, was the 59th edition of the Icelandic national football cup. The 2017 winners...
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Iceland Foods Limited, trading as Iceland, is a British supermarket chain headquartered in Deeside, Wales. Initially specialising in frozen goods, Iceland...
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The first rabbi to be permanently located in Iceland since 1918 moved to the country in 2018. The Icelandic word for Jews is gyðingar. From the eleventh...
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events and releases of the year 2018 in Icelandic music. 3 – The artist and song for Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 is decided. Ari Ólafsson wins...
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Women in Iceland generally enjoy good gender equality. As of 2018, 88% of working-age women were employed, 65% of students attending university were female...
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system in Iceland that started activity on August 17, 2014, and ended on February 27, 2015, is Bárðarbunga. The volcano in Iceland that erupted in May 2011...
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Telecommunications in Iceland is a diversified market. Iceland has a highly developed telecommunications sector with modern infrastructure. Multiple wholesale...
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Air Iceland Connect, formerly Air Iceland (Icelandic: Flugfélag Íslands, pronounced [ˈflʏːɣˌfjɛːˌlaːɣ ˈistlan(t)s]) was a regional airline with its head...
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Icelandic population was just over 376,000. About 86,000 residents (22.9%) were of foreign background. About 99% of the nation's inhabitants live in localities...
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Religious affiliation in Iceland (2023) Church of Iceland (Lutheran) (58.61%) Free Lutheran Church in Reykjavík (2.57%) Free Lutheran Church in Hafnarfjörður...
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On 24 October 1975, Icelandic women went on strike for the day to "demonstrate the indispensable work of women for Iceland's economy and society" and to...
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Iceland is an island country at the confluence of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans, east of Greenland and immediately south of the Arctic Circle,...
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Problem in Iceland". Iceland Review. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018. "Prostitution legal in Iceland". Iceland Review...
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Iceland has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 37 times since its debut in 1986, missing only two contests since then, in 1998 and 2002, when...
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Municipal elections took place in Iceland on 26 May 2018. 55 of the 72 municipal councils in the country were elected using open list PR. The rural municipality...
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Sports in Iceland are very popular. Popular sports include football, handball, athletics, basketball, chess, golf, volleyball, tennis, skiing, snowboarding...
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Iceland is a world leader in renewable energy. 100% of the electricity in Iceland's electricity grid is produced from renewable resources. In terms of...
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Iceland took control of its foreign affairs in 1918 when it became a sovereign country, the Kingdom of Iceland, in a personal union with the King of Denmark...
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popular with tourists. In 2018, Hvalur hf. whalers killed a rare blue whale/fin whale hybrid. Whaling was temporarily paused in Iceland between 2019 and 2021...
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"Landshlutasamtök". Icelandic Association of Local Authorities. Retrieved 10 June 2021. "Iceland in figures 2018". Statistics Iceland. 12 June 2018. Retrieved...
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Islam in Iceland is a minority religion. The Pew Research Center estimated that the number of Muslims in Iceland was below its 10,000 minimum threshold...
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recorded history of Iceland began with the settlement by Viking explorers and the people they enslaved from Western Europe, particularly in modern-day Norway...
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