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    the European Athletics Championships in 1946 and 1950. Iceland's greatest period of success in the sport was in the 1950s, when Torfi Bryngeirsson was...
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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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    Iceland (Icelandic: Ísland, pronounced [ˈistlant] ) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge...
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  • Football is the most popular sport in Iceland. Iceland hosted the U-18 European Championship in 1997, but an Icelandic national team has qualified for...
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    Glima (redirect from Icelandic wrestling)
    trouser-grip (brókartök) version is by far the most widespread in Iceland and is Iceland's national sport. It favours technique over strength. The wrestlers wear...
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    Iceland Icelandic cuisine Beer in Iceland Festivals in Iceland Iceland Airwaves Heraldry in Iceland Media of Iceland Miss Iceland Museums in Iceland National...
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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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    minor sport in Iceland with a discontinuous history. The ancient Norse had a sport called knattleikr; while this differed substantially from rugby in that...
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  • The Iceland women's national football team represents Iceland in international women's football. They are currently ranked as the 14th best women's national...
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    Gylfi Sigurðsson (category Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in England)
    midfielder for Valur and the Iceland national team. Gylfi began his professional career with Reading in the Championship and in 2010, was sold to TSG Hoffenheim...
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    in the sport so far when he finished 14th in men's 10m air pistol in 2012. Iceland first competed in swimming in 1948 and has competed in the sport most...
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    Icelandic equitation is the traditional style of riding of Iceland. It is closely associated with the Icelandic horse.: 10 : 13  The basis of Icelandic...
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  • 21 Olympic Summer and three Winter Sport Federations and four Non-Olympic Sports Federations in Iceland. Iceland at the Olympics ÍSÍ Hall of Fame "Íþrótta-...
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  • Vestri men's football (category Football clubs in Iceland)
    multi-sport club and is based in Ísafjarðarbær, Iceland. As of 2024, it plays in the Icelandic top-tier Besta deild karla. The club was founded in 1986...
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    Stjarnan men's football (category Football clubs in Iceland)
    multi-sport club. It is based in Garðabær, Iceland, and currently plays in the Besta deild karla, the top-tier men's football league in Iceland. The association...
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    Icelandic population was just over 376,000. About 86,000 residents (23.7%) were of foreign background. About 99% of the nation's inhabitants live in urban...
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  • Valur (men's football) (category Football clubs in Iceland)
    multi-sport club. The club is based in Reykjavík, Iceland, and currently plays in the Besta deild karla, the top league of men's football in Iceland. The...
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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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  • Cricket is a growing sport in Iceland, involving five club teams (Reykjavík Vikings, Kópavogur Puffins, Garðabær Glaciers, Vesturbær Volcano and Hafnarfjörður...
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  • The Iceland Open is an annual darts tournament on the WDF circuit that began in 2015. Iceland Open The Icelandic Darts Association v t e...
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  • In Iceland, the Police (Icelandic: Ríkislögreglan, lit. 'the State Police') is the national police force of Iceland. It is responsible for law enforcement...
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  • 2 Sport is an Icelandic television channel that broadcast a wide variety of different sports in Iceland. Stöð 2 Sport is only broadcast in Iceland and...
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  • Iceland (Icelandic: Rugby Ísland) is the governing body for rugby in Iceland. It oversees the various national teams and the development of the sport...
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  • The University of Iceland (Icelandic: Háskóli Íslands [ˈhauːˌskouːlɪ ˈistlan(t)s]) is a public research university in Reykjavík, Iceland, and the country's...
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  • Telecommunications in Iceland is a diversified market. The first submarine telegraph cable connection to the British Isles reached Seyðisfjörður in Iceland in 1906...
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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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    Fylkir (category Multi-sport clubs in Iceland)
    Íþróttafélagið Fylkir is a multi-sport club in Árbær, in the eastern part of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. It features departments in football, handball, volleyball...
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  • For centuries Iceland's main industries were fishing, fish processing and agriculture. In the 19th century, 70–80% of Icelanders lived by farming, but...
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    Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar (category Multi-sport clubs in Iceland)
    is an Icelandic multi-sport club based in Akureyri in the north of Iceland. The club was founded in 1928. The football team currently plays in Besta deild...
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    Iceland has been a very isolated and linguistically homogeneous island historically, but has nevertheless been home to several languages. Gaelic was the...
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