Iceland

A neo-pagan revival of the religion practiced by the Vikings has become one of Iceland’s fastest-growing faiths. Now, plans are under way to build the country’s first shrine to the ancient Norse gods since Iceland converted to Christianity more than a millennium ago. WHEN THE VIKINGS first settled…

by Raúl Ilargi Meijer WHO KNEW that the revolution would start with those radical Icelanders? It does, though. One Frosti Sigurjonsson, a lawmaker from the ruling Progress Party, issued a report today that suggests taking the power to create money away from commercial banks, and hand it to the central…

A modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in recent years as followers see the stories as metaphors for life, not worship of the gods. ICELANDERS WILL SOON be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Thor, Odin and Frigg with construction starting this month on the island’s first…

by Notsylvia Night HERE IN ICELAND people say that if the country’s government agrees to give in to British and Dutch blackmail to pay the debts of the private Internet subsidiary Ice-Save of the private bank Landsbanki, we all will become Ice-Slaves. (ILLUSTRATION: Icelanders protest the…