learn things you never known about Iceland

1. Jeremiah Dailey
Iceland

2. 3 Historical Facts about
Iceland
The first settlers were Irish religious are people who wanted to live a simple life.
They established a national assembly, called Althingi
Iceland was a part of Norway and then it was ruled by Denmark for more than 500
years, but the country became independent republic in 1944.

3. The Geography of Iceland
• The latitude of Iceland is 65. 0’ 0” N
• The longitude of Iceland is 18. 0’ 0” W
• In Iceland there are volcanic action , snow fields , and glaciers.
• Norway is a bordering country
• The colors on the flag in Iceland are red ,white , and blue.

4. Capitals and Large Cities
• Iceland’s capital city is
Reykjavik
• Two large cities in Iceland
are Kopavoqur and
Hafnarforour
• The population in Iceland is
323,002

5. Government/Currency/
Religion
• Their government is constitutional and parliament Olafur
Ragnar Grimsson is the head of government
• Their money is called ISK-IsIensk
• Their religion is Roman Catholic

6. Famous things in Iceland
• Jokulsarlon
• Gullfoss
• Geysir

7. The major attractions
• Golden circle
• Viking world museum
• Blanda
• Hot Springs

8. Holidays
• May day
• Mutton

9. Language spoken
• They speak North germanic
But, they mostly speak english

10. Belligerent Former
Adversaries
• United Kingdom vs Kingdom of Iceland

11. Commanders
• Robert Sturges on the united kingdom
• Hermann Jonasson on the kingdom of Iceland

12. strength
• United kingdom: 746 marines , 2 cruisers and 2
destroyers
Kingdom of Iceland: 60 officers , plus policemen and other
forces

13. The terrible lost
• Iceland lost and this moment was called the invasion of
Iceland was codenamed “Operation Fork”

14. Sports
In Iceland they play soccer a lot because it’s a popular sport
there. This is what they’re soccer uniforms look like.

15. Everyone’s favorite: Cars!
In Iceland they have a lot
of trucks like this one.
These cars are good for
driving in bumpy areas.

16. President
This is Iceland’s president. He’s pretty short
but I can’t find a awesome picture of him
standing.

17. Bordering countries
• Germany
• France
• Ireland
• Greenland
• Spain

18. Games made in Iceland
• The Intresting thing is Iceland made a video
game. The video game is called “Game of
Thrones” it looks like this:

19. That’s that
• Well that’s all I know, so….. Yeah bye.

20. Citations
• www.Population.mongabay.com/population/Iceland
• www.Icelandontheweb.com/articles-on-Iceland/travel-
info/currency-money/
• www.gomapper.com/travel/list-of-countries-
near/Iceland.html
• www.facts-about-Iceland.com/famous-places/
• www.Iceland.islthe-big-picture/peopletraditions/
• www.travelmath.com/country/Iceland