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2 unusual facts about Icelanders


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Andrew Zimmern, a chef who has traveled the world on his show Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, responded to the question "What's the most disgusting thing you've ever eaten?" with the response "That would have to be the fermented shark fin I had in Iceland." Fermented shark fin is a form of Þorramatur.

Iceland's national football team has yet to participate in the FIFA World Cup.


Aron Jóhannsson

Born to Icelandic parents in Mobile, Alabama, United States, Jóhannsson moved to Iceland with his family at the age of three.

Blond Eskimos

In 2003, two Icelandic scientists, the geneticist and anthropologists Agnar Helgason and Gísli Pálsson announced the results of their research comparing DNA from 100 Cambridge Bay Inuit with DNA from Icelanders, and concluded that there was no match.

Confraternities in Nigeria

When Dewell was unable to match Deebam, the SVC created a second confraternity wing, the Icelanders (German), which would eventually be led by militia leader Ateke Tom.

Great Ireland

Thorkel Gellisson quoted some Icelanders who had heard Earl Thorfinn of Orkney say that Ari had been recognized in White Man's Land, and couldn't get away from there, but was thought very highly of.

Grétar Steinsson

Grétar Rafn Steinsson (born 9 January 1982 in Siglufjörður) is a retired Icelandic footballer.

Icelandic American

Journalist Jón Ólafsson, one of the first Icelanders to emigrate to the United States, was renowned for his attempt to establish a community for Icelandic American political dissidents on Kodiak Island in Alaska via petition to Ulysses S. Grant.

Icelandic Reformation

Not all Icelanders were happy with the reforms, and the see of Hólar remained firmly Catholic.

Moomins and the Comet Chase

Icelanders Björk and Sjón, both big fans of the Moomin franchise, composed "The Comet Song" for the film's soundtrack.

Ragna Ingólfsdóttir

Ragna Ingólfsdóttir (born 22 February 1983 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic badminton player.

Spanish Fork, Utah

In the Utah Valley's historical settlement by immigrants, Scandinavians most notably Icelanders, as well Swiss people, Spanish Americans, Hispanics or Latinos; and Irish Americans and Scottish Americans are prevalent ethnocultural groups in Spanish Fork, nearby towns of Salem and Payson.

Walter Byron

Jacob Walter "Wally" Byron (September 2, 1894 – December 22, 1971) was a Canadian ice hockey player of Icelandic and English decent, who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.


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