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Denmark and Iceland clash over priceless medieval manuscripts

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 11:52:13 +0100

They recount tales of Viking raids, Norse history, kings and gods: a priceless collection of medieval manuscripts, bequeathed by an Icelandic scholar to the University of Copenhagen in the 18th century, that Iceland now wants back.

Danish parliament speaker shunned by Icelandic MPs

Fri, 20 Jul 2018 12:49:40 +0200

Pia Kjærsgaard, the speaker of Denmark’s parliament and former leader of the populist anti-immigration Danish People’s Party, was met by boycott and walkout when she visited Iceland to speak on the anniversary of the country’s independence.

The Nordic nations have gone to war… on Twitter

Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:46:33 +0100

It’s thought that the Vikings first arrived in Canada about 1000 years ago when Leif Eriksson went ashore in Newfoundland, and the North American country has sparked another Nordic epic of the modern kind this week, when Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway squared off in a Twitter war.