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Exhibitions
Exhibitions - 27.05.2013
The exhibition is about outsiders in Iceland from the 18th century until the beginning of the 20th century. The exhibition covers social changes in Iceland and changes of
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Exhibitions - 29.04.2013
An exhibition on Eiríkur Magnússon librarian in Cambridge (1833-1913)
An exhibition has been opened to commemorate the scholarly life and work of Eiríkur Magnússon
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Exhibitions - 08.04.2013
The Icelandic Feminist Association is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. As a part of the celebrations there will be an exhibition at the National and University Library
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Exhibitions - 22.03.2013
Jón Ólafssons´s book Appelsínur frá Abkasíu won the Hagþenkir-prize 2012. Hagþenkir is the Assocation of Icelandic Non-fiction Writers: http://hagthenkir.is/sida.php?id=823
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Exhibitions - 07.02.2013
An exhibiton commemorating 150 years' publication anniversary
Icelandic folk and fairy tales were collected by Jón Árnason (1819-1888) and published in 1862-1864. The first
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Exhibitions - 06.02.2013
Fjallkonan restaurants in Reykjavík and Kristín Dahlstedt
Kristín Dahlstedt (1876-1968) was born in Dýrafjörður in the West-fjords, best known as the founder of many
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Exhibitions - 12.12.2012
The National and University Library of Iceland commemorates the 100 years anniversary of Norwegian playwright Thorbjørn Egner (12 December 1912 – 24 December 1990) with an
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Exhibitions - 22.10.2012
Icelandic author Elías Mar (1924-2007) wrote his best known novel Vögguvísa (Lullaby) in 1950. In cooperation with Reykjavík Unesco City of Literature and the festival Reykjavík
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Exhibitions - 03.10.2012
80 years' anniversary of the publication – a christmas exhibiton
In 1932 the poem "Jólasveinarnir" was published as a part of the popular poetry book "Jólin Koma" ("Christmas
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Exhibitions - 05.09.2012
The rusting bow of an old ship, frayed ropes and fish nets, metal-clad buildings battered by howling Arctic winds. And encompassing all, the ever-present landscape, proudly bears
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Exhibitions - 20.04.2011
On 17 June 2011, two centuries will have passed since the birth of Iceland’s national hero “President“ Jón Sigurðsson . An exhibition to mark the bicentenary of his birth is
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Exhibitions - 01.03.2011
Around the turn of the century the psychologist and philosopher Guðmundur Finnbogason (1873-1944) worked as an educational advisor for the authorities. He travelled in Scandinavia
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Exhibitions - 06.12.2010
This year the title of the library's Christmas exhibition is about Christmas and society. Newspaper clips reflect how changing political and social atmosphere influences how the
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Exhibitions - 09.04.2010
The Campaign against Military Bases in Iceland since 1960
An exhibition at the National and University Library
This summer, 50 years have passed since a group of people
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Exhibitions - 01.04.2010
An exhibition of the research work and first draft of Pétur Gunnarsson´s books about ÞÞ
An exhibition of the writer Pétur Gunnarsson´s research work and first draft of his work
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Exhibitions - 08.03.2010
The Icelandic artist Steingrímur Eyfjörð shows his work, The Orgone-box and related drawings, in the corridor leading to the Library´s caféteria.
Working in the early
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Exhibitions - 08.01.2010
Einar H. Kvaran Writer, director and journalist
An exhibition to commemorate the 150 th anniversary of Einar H. Kvaran on the 6 th of December 2009.
Einar H. Kvaran
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Exhibitions - 01.12.2009
The annual Christmas exhibition of the national department of the National and University Library of Iceland opened last Friday.
This year the exhibition is dedicated to
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Exhibitions - 15.10.2009
A conference dedicated to the work of Dr. Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson in disseminating Esperanto will be inaugurated at the National and University Library of Iceland on Thursday
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Exhibitions - 02.07.2009
In the library lobby there is an exhibition of front pages of Icelandic newspaper from the years of the Great Depresson in the 1930's. Many of the headlines sound disturbingly
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Exhibitions - 22.04.2009
This exhibition is dedicated to women's journals and magazines in Iceland. The oldest magazine still in existence is Húsfreyjan which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year.
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Exhibitions - 20.04.2009
In the entrance hall of the library main building there is now an exhibition dedicated to elections in Iceland and printed party propaganda.
On the exhibition there is
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Exhibitions - 11.02.2009
In the entrance to the library main building there are now two exhibitions:
One of them is dedicated to Icelandic pop music and displays several posters advertising concerts,
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Exhibitions - 13.01.2009
Exhibition celebrating 140 years since professor Haraldur Níelsson's birth and 100 years since the publication of his translation of the Old Testament The exhibition is dedicated
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Exhibitions - 16.10.2008
The exhibition records several milestones in the 100 year history of the library bookbinding office. The name derives from three types of materials used in bookbinding. In
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