Episode 6

Iceland and Lofsongur

Published on: 19th June, 2023

Just my sources this time. But please read more about Iceland and go there if you can. Sorry about the cars in background here and there. My road is crazy busy, I have no closets, and wasn't planning a podcast when I bought the place.

  1. Sverri Hólmarsson, ed. (2007). Icelandic-English Dictionary. lofsöngur = hymn, song of praise
  2. Evans, Andrew. "Is Iceland Really Green and Greenland Really Icy?", National Geographic (30 June 2016).
  3. https://mapfight.xyz/map/us.ky/#is 
  4. Pieter Dhondt (25 November 2011). National, Nordic Or European?: Nineteenth-Century University Jubilees and Nordic Cooperation. BRILL. p. 7. ISBN 978-90-04-21694-5.
  5. Jakobsson, Sverrir; Halfdanarson, Gudmundur (2016). Historical Dictionary of Iceland. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 175. ISBN 9781442262904.
  6. Hálfdanarson, Guðmundur (2006-09-01). "Severing the Ties – Iceland's Journey from a Union with Denmark to a Nation‐State". Scandinavian Journal of History. 31 (3–4): 237–254.
  7. Hálfdanarson, Guðmundur (2000-06-01). "Iceland: A Peaceful Secession". Scandinavian Journal of History. 25 (1–2): 87–100.
  8. https://icelandictimes.com/matthias-jochumsson-poet-and-writer-of-icelands-national-anthem/ 
  9. McCall, Chris (June 27, 2016). "Iceland's national anthem was written in an Edinburgh house". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Archived from the original
  10. https://www.naxos.com/Bio/Person/Sveinbjorn_Sveinbjornsson/21549 
  11. https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-a-z/sveinbj%C3%B6rnsson-sveinbj%C3%B6rn 
  12. http://www.musik.is/Baldur/TsagaRvk/1800-1900/til1900_7.html 
  13. http://www.musik.is/Baldur/TsagaRvk/1800-1900/til1900_8.html 
  14. https://www.encyclopedia.com/places/germany-scandinavia-and-central-europe/scandinavian-political-geography/iceland#HISTORY 
  15. https://www.cmuse.org/characteristics-of-romantic-era-music/ 
  16. https://www.schoolofrock.com/resources/vocals/how-to-find-your-vocal-range 
  17. Silk, Mark (July 1, 2016). "Go Iceland!". The Gazette. Colorado Springs. Religion News Service.
  18. https://web.archive.org/web/20170425194349/http://gazette.com/go-iceland/article/1579461 


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