The National Church of Iceland has announced that Sólveiga Halla Kristjánsdóttir has been elected as the new priest for Húsavík. The Nomination Committee elected Sólveiga Halla and she was confirmed by the bishop of Iceland, Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir. Sólveig Halla was born on December 14, 1977 and grew up …
A petition has been launched on The Petition Site to have Swedish singer Molly Sandén perform the song ‘Húsavík’ at next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The rules of the song contest prohibit Sandén from competing with the song, but it could be performed as one of the acts during …
My Marianne aka Molly Sandén who lend’s fictional Húsavík singer Sigrit her voice on the soundtrack to Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, has released an new acoustic video of the song “Husavik”, filmed on Sweden’s Öland island, wiwibloggs reports. Despite being only 27 years old, Sandén …
HÚSAVÍK, Iceland – The sixth annual Leif Erikson Exploration Awards, hosted by the Exploration Museum, recognized Canadian explorer George Kourounis, and Americans Ulyana Horodyskyj and Jeff Blumenfeld this weekend. Also recognized was Scottish private space company Skyrora that launched their Skylark rocket from Langanes near Húsavík in northern Iceland …
Gunnar Gíslason has been appointed managing director of the fisheries company GPG Seafood in Húsavík, from September 1, taking over the job from Páll Kristjánsson. Gunnar previously worked in the financing fisheries companies both in Iceland and abroad. He has also worked for Samskip in Bremen and the sales …
Sigurður Erlingsson has been appointed director of Sparisjóður Suður-Þingeyinga, the Northeast Iceland Savings Bank. Sigurður holds a degree in Business Administration from Andrews University in the United States, a degree in Securities Brokerage, an M.Sc. degree in Business Administration from the University of Iceland with an emphasis on Finance …
Scotish space company Skyrora has successfully launched its two-stage, four-metre tall sub-orbital rocket, Skylark Micro from the company’s mobile launch complex set up at Langanes Peninsula, Iceland. The rocket climbed to 26.86km in altitude before both stages were parachuted back down to sea. The launch is part of Skyrora’s …
The Explorers Festival starts in Húsavík today. This is the 6th time that the Exploration Museum hosts the festival in town. Due to covid-19, a lot of the events will be online, but the announcment of the Leif Erikson Awards will take place at Húsavík Cape Hotel on Saturday. …
While Iceland has seen an enormous decrease in number of foreign travelers this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the people of Iceland have taken to the roads to explore their home country this summer. Húsavík has been one of the hottest destinations this summer, after the release of …
Denver news reporter and aviatrix Amelia Rose Earhart will host a live online screening of the documentary Cosmic Birth this Saturday at 8.30 PM Mountain Time. Earhart, who is a board member of the Exploration Museum in Húsavík, made headlines around the world in 2014 when she completed her …
