Sendiráð Íslands - London, Bretlandi

Ólafur and his string quartet will be performing live on tour around the UK in December. www.olafurarnalds.com

Icelandic artist Katrín Friðriks’ exhibition FACEBOOKER is at the Design Centre Knightsbridge in London until 14th January 2008. Katrin, an Icelandic artist living in Paris, has received much praise for her work in France, Germany and Iceland and is now on show in the UK for the first time.

On Monday 3rd December 2007 at Leighton House Museum, Icelandic musicians of the Valley Group will preform Iceland´s most beloved romantic poems by Jonas Hallgrímsson set to music by the composer Atli Heimir Sveinsson.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Mrs Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladótir, has delivered her first foreign policy speech to Althingi, the Parliament of Iceland. In her address, Ms. Gísladóttir discussed Iceland's foreign policy challenges with a special focus on Iceland's role in a globalized world.

Launching in Liverpool at the end of November as a prelude to the City's year-long 800th birthday celebrations, ICE 2007 will be a four day festival of Icelandic culture...

Icelandic singer Lay Low will be on tour in the UK, 20th-29th November 2007, along with Sapmi band Adjágas. Lay Low, who won Best Female Singer and Best Album at the 2006 Icelandic Music Awards, draws on the essence of blues, country and rock.

Promoting the UK release of her new album Empire Fall , Icelandic singer-songwriter Elíza Geirsdóttir performs at London's Heavenly Social on 12th November 2007. www.myspace.com/elizanewman

The Embassy has published its newsletter for October 2007.

The Snorri Sturluson grant is now open for application, the deadline for applications is the 1st of November 2007. for further info see: www.nordal.hi.is

Icelandic chefs and the country and western band Baggalútur will be special guests at the Aberfoyle International Mushroom Festival, held in Aberfoyle, Scotland Thursday 18.- Sunday 21. October 2007. More information at www.visitaberfoyle.com

Icelandic artist Elín Hansdóttir is one of six artists collaborating in the "Frieze Project", an annual event in relation with the Frieze Art Fair, 11-14 October 2007. Elín's work presents a light installation that transforms the entrance to the fair. The other artist's partisipating are Richard Prince, Kris Martin, Gianni Motti, Lara Faverotto og Janice Kerbel. For further information please visit www.friezeartfair.com

In the exhibition "The Thinnest Door I´ve ever Sold" Icelandic painter Anna Guðjónsdóttir collaborates with two other artists, painter Helen Appel from the UK and german sculptor Simon Logan. The exhibition is at Studio 1.1. for further info visit: www.naimad.co.uk/studio1-1

The Embassy has published its newsletter for September_2007.

Reykjavik Nights in London, featuring  Hafdis Huld, Jan Mayen and Motion Boys promotes the Iceland Airwaves festival to British music lovers, on Wednesday 26th September at Luminaire London.

The 18th Reykjavik Jazz Festival will be held in the Icelandic capital between August 29th and September 1st 2007. www.jazz.is

Icelandic baritone Olafur Sigurdarson will be performing the role of Manfredo in L’amore dei tre Re with the City of London Sinfonia and the Opera Holland Park chorus in July and August.

Launching in Liverpool this November, ICE 2007 will be a four day festival of Icelandic culture, as part of the City's year-long 800th birthday celebrations. The website www.ice07.org has now been launched.

Garðar Thór releases a new single Hunting High & Low on July 23rd. The song was originally released by A-ha. The single includes a previously unreleased track.

Björk will be holding a concert in Amsterdam on July 8th at the Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek. Further information can be found at www.mojo.nl Tickets: www.ticketmaster.nl

The Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs draws attention to the fact that the deadline for applying for the re-granting of Icelandic citizenship is 1 July 2007.

Icelandic/English duo FUNI (Bára Grímsdóttir and Chris Foster) will be on tour in England in June 2007, playing traditional songs from Iceland and England...

Reykjavik Nights is a club night celebrating the success of Icelandic music in the UK club scene at the Luminaire in London, June 17^th 2007. Icelandic party band Trabant are headlining with support from Æla.

Garðar Thor will be taking part in a gala evening at The Hampton Court Festival on June 16th.

Utankjörfundaratkvæðagreiðsla er hafin í sendiráði Íslands í London og er kosið á opnunartíma sendiráðsins 09:30 -16:00.

Icelandic skincare product Dr Bragi is now available in the UK. Dr Bragi Age Management Marine Enzyme is a new skincare treament developed using a totally unique and patented Penzyme formulation from Iceland...

Dóms- og kirkjumálaráðuneytið hefur opnað upplýsingavef vegna alþingiskosninganna 12. maí 2007. Slóðin er www.kosning.is

The Embassy has published its Newsletter for April 2007.

Illugi Eysteinsson will participate in Eat London this weekend, where artists come together and recreate London, with food!

An artist's journey in Iceland - Sophia Rizvi's exhibition Fara og Koma / Coming & Going is at the SW1 Gallery, London, 22 March - 21 April 2007. There will be a special Celebration of Iceland evening at the gallery, Monday 16 April 2007.

The deadline for the Icelandic Government's Scholarships for Icelandic Studies 2007-2008 is April 1st 2007.

The Embassy has published its Newsletter for March 2007.

Two of Iceland's most exciting young musicians perform works by Icelandic composers that illuminate Iceland and its dynamic elements in Oxford, Wednesday 28 March & London, Thursday 29 March 2007.

Icelandic electronic band Gus Gus have just released their 5^th studio album Forever in the United Kingdom. They will be performing live at Glastonbury in June.

Hafdis Huld's debut album Dirty Paper Cup has won the Pop Album of The Year at the Icelandic Music Awards. Her new single Diamonds on My Belly is out in the UK on 19th March 2007.

The National Theatre of Iceland's production of Peer Gynt is now completely sold out at The Barbican Centre!

Icelandic tenor Garðar Thor Cortes will perform his first UK solo concert at the Barbican Centre on 2nd March.

The Embassy has published its Newsletter for February 2007.

The Embassy has published its Newsletter for January 2007.

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An exhibition by this year's resident artists of Florence Trust Studios and Open Studio, including Icelandic artist Guðrún Sigríður Haraldsdóttir, 27-28 January 2007.

Icelandic Mezzo-Soprano Sigríður Ósk Kristjánsdóttir will be singing in the Brandenburg Sinfonia's Mozart Requiem by candlelight, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London Thursday 25 January at 7.30pm.

Icelandic band Dikta will be 'Hunting for Happiness', playing at the Hope & Anchor, Islington, Thursday 11 January and at the Brixton Windmill, Wednesday 17 January 2007.

The latest film from Icelandic filmmaker Dagur Kári, Dark Horse, is on exclusive release at Ciné lumière, Institut français London, 5th - 11th January 2007.