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 Icelands 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 its a
popular sport there. This is what theyre soccer uniforms look
like.
15. Everyones 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 Icelands president. Hes pretty short but
I cant 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. Thats that Well thats all I know, so.. Yeah bye.