Sources and Resources

The following is a list of sources used to create this Community Story. The list of sources is followed by a list of digital resources for those interested in further exploration of the culture and history of Manitoba’s migrant Icelandic community.

Sources

Ágúst Guðmundsson. 1968. “Á slóðum Vestur-Íslendinga.” Prentarinn 46 (1968), pp. 8–18. [https://timarit.is/page/5620019]

Bertram, L.K. 2019. The Viking Immigrants: Icelandic North Americans. University of Toronto Press.

Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, Höskuldur Thráinsson, & Úlfar Bragason (Eds.). 2023. Icelandic Heritage in North America. University of Manitoba Press.

Birna Bjarnadottir & Finnbogi Guðmundsson (Eds.). 2007. My Parents: Memoirs of New World Icelanders. University of Manitoba Press.

Böðvar Kvaran. 1995. Auðlegð Íslendinga. Brot úr sögu Íslenskrar bókaútgáfu og prentunar frá öndverðu fram á þessa öld. Hið íslenzka bókmenntafélag.

Crippen, Carolyn. 2008. “The Social Conscience of Margret Benedictsson: From Iceland to Manitoba.” The Icelandic Canadian 61/3, pp. 110–126. [https://timarit.is/page/8136038]

Crocker, Christopher. 2023. The Sunshine Children. Hin kindin.

Elva Simundsson. 1981. Icelandic Settlers in America. Queenston House.

Eric Jonasson. 1984. “An Historic Tour of “Icelandic Winnipeg”.” The Icelandic Canadian, Summer 1984, pp. 16–28. [https://timarit.is/page/8132129]

Eyford, Ryan. 2016. White Settler Reserve: New Iceland and the Colonization of the Canadian West. UBC Press.

Gerrard, Nelson. 1977. “A Century of Icelandic-Canadian Newspaper Publication.” Lögberg-Heimskringla 29 (September 10, 1977), pp. 2–3. [https://timarit.is/page/2233399]

Gerrard, Nelson. 1985. Icelandic River Saga. Saga publications.

Gimli Women’s Institute. 1975. Gimli Saga: The History of Gimli, Manitoba. Gimli Women’s Institute.

Halldór Hermannsson. 1916. “Icelandic-American Periodicals.” Publications of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study 3/2, pp. 200–212. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/40914979]

Helga Kress. 2022. Stúlka án pilts: Um líf og ljóð skáldkonunnar Júlíönu Jónsdóttur, þeirrar fyrstu sem gaf út ljóðabók á Íslandi. Skáld.is. [https://skald.is/greinar/283-stulka-an-pilts-helga-kress]

Jónas Thor. 2002. Icelanders in North America: The First Settlers. University of Manitoba Press.

Neijmann, Daisy. 1996. The Icelandic Voice in Canadian Letters. McGill-Queen’s University Press.

Ólafur F. Hjartar. 1986. Vesturheimsprent: skrá um rit á íslensku prentuð vestan hafs og austan af Vestur-Íslendingum eða varðandi þá. Landsbókasafn Íslands. [https://baekur.is/bok/dbc0dffa-42e1-4e04-90d3-8f55264c0127]

Ragnheiður Heiðreksdóttir. 1976. “Tímarit um bókmenntir eftir 1874.” Skírnir 150/1, pp. 17–67. [https://timarit.is/gegnir/991005863059706886]

Richard Beck. 1928. “Bókmentaiðja Íslendinga í Vesturheimi.” Eimreiðin 34/1, pp. 41–69. [https://timarit.is/gegnir/991005894379706886]

Richard Beck. 1950. “Vestur-íslenzkir ljóðskáld.” Tímarit þjóðræknisfélags Íslendinga 32, pp. 39–70. [https://timarit.is/page/5685793]

Sigrid Johnson. 1994. “Margret Benedictsson, Freyja and the struggle for Women’s Equality.” The Icelandic Canadian 52/3, pp. 117–127. [https://timarit.is/page/8134616]

Stefan Einarsson. 1950. “Vestur-íslenzkir rithöfundar í lausu máli.” Tímarit þjóðræknisfélags Íslendinga 32, pp. 17–38. [https://timarit.is/page/5685771]

Stefan Jónasson. 2017. “Framfari – The First Icelandic Newspaper in North America.” Lögberg-Heimskringla 17 (September 1, 2017), pp. 1, 10. [https://timarit.is/page/7656281]

“The Winnipeg Icelanders.” 1988–90. Icelandic Canadian Frón Fonds, Archives of Manitoba. [https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/]

Wilhelm Kristjansson. 1965. The Icelandic People in Manitoba: A Manitoba Saga. Wallingford Press.

Wolf, Kirsten, ed. and trans. 1996. Writings by Western Icelandic Women. University of Manitoba Press.

Wolf, Kirsten. 2001. “Til varnar mannúð og jafnrétti: Margrjet J. Benedictsson og Freyja.” Skírnir 175/1, pp. 119–139. [https://timarit.is/gegnir/991006619639706886]

Resources

Christopher Crocker, ed. and trans. Letters from the North American-Icelandic Children’s Newspaper Sólskin. Pressbooks. [https://pressbooks.openedmb.ca/solskinletters/]

Jónas Thor, et al. Vesturfarar [https://vesturfarar.is/?lang=en].

Katelin Parsons, ed. The Icelandic Immigrant Literacy Database. Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenzkum fræðum. [https://vesturheimur.arnastofnun.is/]

Icelandic Festival of Manitoba. “Icelandic Winnipeg Tour.” YouTube [https://youtu.be/IvweyX3jpEc?si=Vr_E1YvF8pIFussH]

Manitoba Historical Society. Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society Archives. [https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/index.shtml]

New Iceland Heritage Museum. The Book of Life [https://bookoflife.nihm.ca/index.html]

Vesturfarasetrið / The Icelandic Emigration Center [https://www.hofsos.is/]