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August 1, 2, & 3, 2008


	The Icelandic Emigration Center, Hofsos, Skagafjord, Iceland

Click on the photo gallery below to view photos from past celebrations.

2007 People

2006 People

2006 Events and Scenery

Thanks to Susan Herman Rinaldi and Shirley J Olgeirson for the pictures.

The Icelandic Emigration Center, in the beautiful old fishing village of Hofsos in Skagafjord, is devoted to the memory of the Icelandic emigrants to North America and to serving their descendants. Since the early 1990s the old village center has been undergoing restoration and development to provide exhibits on the emigration and the pioneers as well as cultural services, accomodation, refreshments, and links to other activities and places of interest in the Skagafjord region.

The Icelandic Emigration Center in Hofsos is a non-profit organization designated by the Icelandic Government as headquarters for relations between Iceland and people of Icelandic descent living in North America. As such, it is administered by a Board of Directors, which is active in the following areas:

Development and administration of historical/cultural exhibits
Genealogy service
Sale of gifts and souvenirs
Referral to accommodation

Renovation and Development 1990 - 2000
The Old Warehouse - built 1777
The Restaurant Solvik - in the former village hotel
The Old Co-op - housing the exhibit New Land-New Life
“Fraendgardur” – genealogy service, library, the exhibit *The Road to Zion
Cottages in the village center - have been repaired, repainted, etc.

Renovation and Development 2000 - 2006
The King’s Retail Store - a replica of the original
The Emigrants’ Jetty - a jetty in the style of the 19^th century.

Exhibits currently in place - 2007
New Land-New Life – the Icelandic emigrants: their reasons for going, their hopes, and the reality that awaited them in the ‘new land’
The Stephansson Study - the life and works of the pioneer poet Stephan G. Stephansson
Prairies Wide and Free - the story of Icelanders who emigrated to North Dakota and their descendants
Silent Flashes – photographs of Icelandic emigrants from the period of 1870 to 1910

*The Road to Zion is now located in the Culture House in Reykjavík. In its place is the exhibit Silent Flashes.


	Pam Furstenau *WEBMASTER*


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