Inventing Culture: Defining Sources of Theory and Inspiration and the Long–Term Results of Culture Creation by Icelandic Intellectuals 1857 – 1874
The central aim of the project was to define the intellectual genealogy and long-term cultural [...]


The central aim of the project was to define the intellectual genealogy and long-term cultural influence of the culture–creators of the Icelandic “Evening Society” (1861 – 1874), with emphasis on the widespread cultural influence of Sigurður málari (‘the painter’) Guðmundsson, a powerful advocate of vernacular culture in Iceland. As part of the project, light has […]

Icelandic Saga Map
The Icelandic Saga Map is intended as a resource to guide specialists and non-specialists alike [...]


The Icelandic Saga Map is intended as a resource to guide specialists and non-specialists alike around the Íslendingasögur from a spatial perspective. On it, places named in the sagas are hyper-linked to their occurrences in the saga texts. There are also links to images of places and to other sources of information concerning them (e.g. […]