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Icelandic Bible Publications The Icelandic Bible Society is the oldest operating society in the country and celebrates its 200th anniversary in 2015. The society's beginnings… Read More » “We received the best inheritance”
On Tuesday, October 27, an exhibition was opened to mark the 60th anniversary of Halldór Laxness receiving the… Read More » Halldór Laxness' Nobel Prize 1955
the fusion of word art and visual art October 31st was visual art day and on that occasion the exhibition dadadieterdúr – fusion… Read More » dadadieterdúr
An exhibition about ideas, design and organization On October 1st, an exhibition was opened to mark the retirement of Trausti Valsson, professor and… Read More » Shaping the Future – Trausti Valsson
On September 21, 2015, an exhibition about the Spanish Civil War of 1615 was opened at the National Library on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the… Read More » The Spanish Civil War of 1615
The title of the exhibition, which is being installed to mark the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage, is a quote from a speech by Bríetar Bjarnhéðinsdóttir… Read More » "We greet the future with joy"
The History of Iceland's Printing Works The exhibition Printing Works Copies features a copy from every printing work in the country since printing began in Iceland around 1530.… Read More » Printing Works Copies
Hafsteinn Guðmundsson, a book publisher, has been called the "father of printing in Iceland in the 20th century" and the first Icelandic master of typography and… Read More » Hafsteinn Guðmundsson
Sjón and Steinunn Sigurðardóttir A small exhibition was set up in the museum in the fall of 2014 with several foreign editions of translations of books by Sjón… Read More » Translations of Icelandic Literature
On Thursday, September 11, 2014, an exhibition was opened to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of Hallgrímur Pétursson, a priest and hymn writer. The exhibition is… Read More » Hallgrímur Pétursson