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On the occasion of Kristín Ómarsdóttir receiving the 2017 May Star poetry award, a small exhibition of… Read More » Spiders in display windows and more books by Kristín Ómarsdóttir has been set up in the museum.
On March 14, 2018, an exhibition was opened at the National Library in collaboration with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the Anniversary Committee of the Sovereignty Year on the occasion of… Read More » Edda II – The Life of the Gods by Jón Leif
On November 1, 2018, the exhibition Nordic Bookbinding opened at the National Library. It is a traveling exhibition that is being set up… Read More » Nordic Bookbinding 2018
The Hagþenki Award was presented on February 28th at the National Library at a ceremony and was received by Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir for her book The Search for… Read More » The Search for the Monasteries – Hagþenki Award 2017
Èric Boury was born in Berry, France in 1967. He has translated numerous Icelandic books into French.
Sigurður Pálsson was born on July 30, 1948 in Skinnastaður. He graduated from Reykjavik High School.
An exhibition about Sigvaldi Kaldalóns was opened at the National Library on May 24, 2017. The exhibition is made possible with a grant from the Sigvaldi Kaldalóns Memorial Fund… Read More » Sigvaldi Kaldalóns
Benedikt Gröndal Sveinbjarnarson was born on October 6, 1826 in Bessastaðir in Álftanes. He died on August 2, 1907. In over a hundred manuscripts… Read More » “I created letters and many drawings…” – Benedikt Gröndal – the scribe and poet
On Thursday, September 7, 2017, an exhibition was opened at the National Library to mark the 30th anniversary of the publishing company Smekkleysa. The first edition of Smekkleysa… Read More » Smekkleysa 30 years old
