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Iceland well represented at Edmonton show
A number of Icelandic companies presented their products at the Global Connections trade show which took place in the Northlands Exhibition Center in Edmonton, Alberta, at the end of July/early August. The Icelandic participation was organized by Walter Sopher, past President of the Icelandic National League of North America and manager of the company Snorri Goods, which specializes in imports to Canada of manufactured goods from Iceland. Some 600.000 visitors came to the show.
Last May in Reykjavík, Walter Sopher and Ambassador Markús Örn Antonsson met with representatives from several Icelandic companies to assist them in joining together for the Edmonton show. Gordon Reykdal, Consul of Iceland in Edmonton and President of the Icelandic Canadian Chamber of Commerce, was also acitvely engaged in the preparations. The Icelandic companies that had their products on show and for sale in their booths at the Global Connections were the following: Floss, Drífa, Ice Wear, Nor Wear, Vík, Handknitting, M Design, Sólarfilma, Stella Design, Glófi, Snerruútgáfan, Ásbjörn Ólafsson and 24K Water Co. One great attraction at the Global Connections was a 
colourful and popular fashion show where garments from Iceland were portrayed.
The Edmonton project received a grant from the Cooperation Fund of the Trade Council of Iceland and the Overseas Business Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Iceland to meet investment and promotion costs .
A related event to the Global Connections was the Scandianavian Heritage Day in Edmonton where people of Icelandic descent had their special exhibit in partnership with their colleagues from the other Nordic countries.
