On Friday 22 November an agreement on a Danish-Icelandic database, DAN-ÍS, was signed at the National and University Library of Iceland, in cooperation with the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute and the Institute of History at the University of Iceland. Present at the event were Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former President, Mette Kjuel Nielsen, the Danish Ambassador to Iceland, Auður Hauksdóttir, Director of the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute, National Librarian Ingibjörg Steinunn Sverrisdóttir, Anna Agnarsdóttir, Director of the Institute of History, Guðmundur Jónsson, Professor of History, the sisters Guðbjörg and Karen Tómasdóttir, Gerður Jóhannsdóttir, Anna María Benediktsdóttir, Malene Søholt from the Danish Embassy, and Bragi Þ. Ólafsson, head of the Manuscript Collection.
Auður Hauksdóttir first described the research on the influence of Danish culture in Iceland. Anna María Benediktsdóttir then talked about the collection of material and the publicity that the project has involved.
Guðbjörg and Karen Tómasdóttir handed over the papers of their mother, the photographer Katrín Nørgaard Vigfússon, and Gerður Jóhannsdóttir handed over the letters and diaries of her mother, Birta Fróðadóttir, interior architect and furniture maker. Finally, Anna María Benediktsdóttir gave the Library the first part of the letters and papers of her parents, Inger Elise and Benedikt Bjarni Sigurðsson.