Some Basic Information About Iceland

Iceland is an island located in the Nordic Atlantic Ocean. According to static.is with numbers from 2015, the Icelandic population is only 329.100. Although we are a small country we have our own language, our own currency, own president and we have had our independent since 1918 and a republic in 1944. Iceland is an amazing country that I hope you get to visit yourself one day.

Icelanders are that we are very proud of everything we are named “per capita”. Since we are a small nation, anything that is said being “per capita” for Iceland, we will take proudly. Some are positive and some negative.  I will tell you that we are believed to have the best gender equality in the world “per capita.” According to visir.is an Icelandic news website, we are the second fattest nation in world “per capita”. We consume the most Coca-Cola “per capita”. And we are the highest internet usage “per capita” in the world. And we also have the highest rate of golf courses “per capita”.  We have 66 golf courses which mean 1 course per 4.825 Icelanders! The best thing I found out, to emphases how proud we are of the “per capita” phrase, the same news website stated that we have the most Nobel Prize winners “per capita”. Which is very funny because we only have 1 guy who has won the Nobel Prize.

If you are a soccer fan I recommend you Google the Icelandic soccer team in Euros 2016. Because that soccer team proofed that although we are a small nation, we can do anything! We even won England 2-1. When that happened, I have never been prouder of being Icelandic. This day, I will never forget. Everyone went downtown Reykjavík (the capital) to celebrate. It was truly an amazing day! But the Icelandic fans also got some media attention for their famous Viking clap. This video tells you more than words would. 

Me Celebrating on June 27 2016. A day I will never forget!

We also, like any other country have our national anthem but there is another song, every single Icelandic person knows and we tend to sing that more when we come together. We commonly call it the "second national anthem." That song is called "Ég er kominn heim" which means "I am coming home." The lyrics in the song are describing our beautiful nature but also a love song. So if you want to impress a Icelander learn how to say "Ég er kominn heim" and you will be the most popular person on the island - per capita....