Stúfur (Stubby/Shorty). Stúfur is abnormally short. He is far by the shortest Yule lads. This can be a blessing and a curse for Stúfur; he can use his diminutive size to steals pans to eat the crusts left on them without detection, but it can also cause him to get stuck in snow drifts. Something […]
Monthly Archives: December 2013
Giljagaur (Gully Gawk). Giljagaur, despite being the biggest of the lads, is a tad shy and hides in gullies and ravines waiting for an opportunity to sneak into houses and cowsheds to steal milk. He also has a penchant for singing, so if you see a lad with a belly, a milk moustache and singing […]
Stekkjastaur (Sheep-Cote Clod/Stiff-legs) This lad, the eldest of the Yule lads, sneaks into sheep sheds, hoping to get a sip of milk, but is often thwarted by his stiff legs. He’ll do anything for a hit of calcium. Apparently his creaking legs can often give the game away, both to the sheep and anyone else […]
Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir has been a professional writer since the age of 22, but this is her first novel to be translated into English. The Creator is a unique story with traces of dark humor. Set in modern day Iceland, it focuses on the lives of two Icelanders. The first is Sveinn, a natural loner, […]
My pal Nick Miners is creating a 2014 calendar with stunning aerial shots of Iceland taken in November. It’s really breathtaking photography. Please contact him if you’d like a copy. This appropriately snowy scene is the December image. It’s gorgeous, isn’t it? ©NickMiners More details at Nick Miners Photography.
Thanks to the magic of Twitter, I came across these magical pieces of Reykjavík , created by Clare Caulfield. Clare is a Yorkshire based artist and printmaker whose work is inspired by her travels to some of the world’s greatest cities, some of which she returns to again and again drawing on new ideas each […]
Its been almost a year (December 10th, to be precise) since I launched the Kickstarter campaign to publish Iceland, Defrosted. As you surely know, things have taken off somewhat since then. Not wanting to ‘blow my own trumpet’, Iceland, Defrosted has been so much more successful than I ever imagined. I don’t consider myself to be an author, […]
Ásgeir has had some help with In the Silence. Iceland’s latest adopted son, John Grant, helped translate the albums lyrics into English. Ásgeir’s 72-year-old father helped write some of the lyrics. Of Monsters and Men helped raise his profile by taking him on tour. That said, Ásgeir remains the star of the show here. In the Silence, […]
At Airwaves ‘12, I took my first trip to the Salvation Army Chapel in downtown Reykjavík. Not expecting much in this austere building, and more just wanting to get out of the fierce wind, I was delighted to see Ingunn Huld play a beautiful set of acoustics songs to the sparsely populated room. Ingunn weaved […]
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