Iceland

  Icelandic is the official language of Iceland used by approximately 93% of people. Due to immigration, Polish is spoken by almost 3%, Lithuanian 0.4%, English 0.3% and German 0.3%. https://www.campervanreykjavik.com/post/iceland-language English might be used as a lingua franca in Iceland, meaning it is a commonly known language. Especially younger generations, who study this language at school and can fluently communicate with others. That provides possibilities to communicate with people around the globe not only for business matters but also for personal life. Tourism would be so much harder if we have to learn a new language every time we go to another country and since most of us know English, communication is possible. Halló! – /hah-loh!/ - Hello! Já – /yow/ - Yes Nei – /ney/ - No Vinsamlegast – /vin-sahm-leh-gast/ - Please Þakka þér fyrir – /thah-kah thyer fir-eer/ - Thank you Geturðu hjálpað mér? – /geh-tur-thu hyaul-path mer/ - Can you help me? Ég skil ekki – /yeh skihl...

  Settlement of Iceland 874 AD The settlement's history isn’t documented because it was long ago. Every knowledge is based on archeological findings. However, we have a few theories.  https://images.app.goo.gl/ny3PEcrqZfd2RysPA Naddoddr and Garðar Landnámabók claims that the first person who sailed to Iceland was a viking Naddoddr. He didn’t stay there for a long time. However, he called this place the Land of Snow, Snæland . Soon after him, Garðar Svavarsson came there for one winter and changed its name to Garðarshólmur, Garðar’s Island. One of his men, Náttfari, stayed behind.  Hrafna-Flóki https://images.app.goo.gl/6F7ZNsMuZjkPd6fe8 Next, Hrafna-Flóki was guided there by three ravens. He wasn’t in Iceland for a long time because a harsh winter killed his cattle. That inspired him to call the land Iceland. Even though he didn’t have an easy time, he left the island for another year. After that, he came back to Norway but after some time he retired and settled in a re...

https://worldviewjourneys.com/worldview-journey/ It is hard to say what Iceland's main worldview is. Everything started with Christianity and traditional Nordic beliefs, however nowadays we can observe increasing religious diversity. More and more people become atheists. In 2015, a survey in Iceland found that 46% of respondents considered themselves believers, 30% did not, and 24% were unsure. Additionally, almost 69% considered themselves Christians, 23% as atheists, and about 9% supported other religions or beliefs according to „Facing the New Situation of Religious Education in Iceland” by Gunnar J. Gunnarsson. Especially among the younger generation religion is less impactful than it used to be for older generations. Iclenadinc’s educational system has adapted to growing multiculturalism so children are taught the positive seeing in this increasing case. Even in the older generations, small changes are visible. Traditional Christian holidays and celebrations are still celebra...

Let’s talk about the family in Iceland . Generally family has a few functions in our life: reproductive, economic, socialization, language acquisition, and identity function. All the functions create our personality and it is different in every culture.  https://adventures.com/blog/what-to-do-in-iceland-with-family/ Reproductive function: Icelanders get married mostly late or do not get married at all even though family relations and values are important. Data from 2020 says that the Icelandic mother’s mean age at first birth was 28.7 years and in 2024, the total fertility rate was 1.94 children born per woman ( CIA ). Because of the size of the country, they are close with one another and extended families such as grandparents, aunts, and uncles often help with childcare, they do not live in the same house. What is interesting is that Icelandic families are usually larger than those of other Northern Europeans. Economic function: In the country, gender equity is highly promoted. A...

  Hello, welcome to my blog. From now on I am starting a series about deep diving into unknown cultures for me. The first country that I want to dive into is Iceland. I think it is important to know the different cultures, traditional food, music, events, etc. of every country where you travel. It provides a much better experience. Iceland is first on my travel bucket list and it is my dream to watch the northern lights there. After learning about their culture, my future travels might be without unpleasant situations when you say or do something that might be taken as rude behavior in the other culture. Every civilization is different and even if you don't think some behaviors may cause any problems in the other culture it is different. the country marked in orange represented the location of Iceland https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/iceland/locator-map The flag Iceland's flag is blue with a red cross outlined in white extending to the edges of the flag. The cr...