We are also excited for the ⚽️ match between @Cymru & @footballiceland tomorrow 🏴🇮🇸 🤝
💡Did you know the governments of Iceland & Wales have partnered with @OpenAI to support the development of AI in Icelandic & Welsh to preserve & promote these languages in the digital 🌎
Sigur Rós 🇮🇸🎶 is currently touring the US with the Wordless Music Orchestra and will be playing in the nation's capital 🇺🇸 this evening @TheAnthemDC@sigurros
Get your tickets here: https://t.co/pOS9ik5yaE
The Nordic embassies in cooperation with @librarycongress invite you to "A Celebration of Nordic Writers" where 5 Nordic authors (including 🇮🇸 @hildurknuts) will talk about their work on Thursday, September 26, at @librarycongress.
Get your tickets here: https://t.co/ppEyzwtDtf
Taste of Iceland is coming to New York next week. Enjoy the best of Icelandic cuisine, beverages, music, literature, comedy, design, nature & wellness during Iceland's premier cultural festival 🇮🇸🇺🇸🍎🧑🍳🍹🎵📚🎨
See more info 👇
https://t.co/T5ZE5ahTA5
American Library staff chose The Night Guest by 🇮🇸 author @hildurknuts as their top pick for Adult Fiction & Nonfiction to read in September! Hildur will participate in a Nordic event @librarycongress in Washington DC in September. More info to follow 👀📚
At the #NATOSummit with my great friend and colleague @raggae86. Hands on deck needed for a week like this in #Washington & the team @IcelandInUS is happy to partake, in all the various aspects of the work.
Wishing all of our American friends a very happy Independence Day. Iceland is proud to be an ally & partner of #USA and we value the longstanding friendship. #4thofJuly 🎆🎇🇺🇸🇮🇸
LGBTQI+ rights are a key priority for 🇮🇸 & @BEllertsdottir was yesterday invited to partake in a historic event @StateDept on LGBTQI+ rights & US foreign policy. The Ambassador spoke on a panel on the importance of civil society partnerships for advancing LGBTQI+ human rights.
It’s a wrap. Great pleasure to work with @COEnergyOffice & @ColoradoEcoDevo & @CityofDenver on the Colorado-Iceland Clean Energy Summit 🙏🏾
We look forward to continued cooperation.
The Colorado-Iceland Clean Energy Summit took place in Denver yesterday. It brought together businesses, state & governments representatives from both sides to discuss opportunities to strengthen cooperation in Geothermal Energy and Carbon Management. https://t.co/gTtdAIHanu
What a great performance by Sara Magnusdottir Hammond Organ trio last night & a full 🏠 @bluesalley on Iceland’s national day 🇮🇸👏🎶🎺🎷🎹🪗#NordicJazz. Many thanks to all who came!
Today marks Iceland’s 80th anniversary as a Republic and so we celebrate. 🇺🇸 was the first country to recognize our Republic, something Icelanders have not forgotten nor will we! Gleðilegan 17. júní! 🥳
Thanks to all who joined us for a #Nordic movie screening last night 🍿 featuring LGBTQI+ short films from the Nordic countries celebrating equality & diversity 🇮🇸🇳🇴🇸🇪🇩🇰🇫🇮🎬🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @CapitalPrideDC#NordicsForEquality#pridemonth
Iceland🇮🇸 ranks number 1⃣ on @wef’s Global Gender Gap Index for the fifteenth year in a row!
Gender equality is a driver of economic and social development as well as an important factor in the peace and security agenda. Let’s continue on this path and close the gap!
One highlight for me, during my time in Washington DC, has been participation in @CapitalPrideDC in June each year. Its just so much fun! And of course #Iceland and the Nordics have a good record to share & promote so of course we @IcelandInUS was present today. 🇮🇸🏳️🌈
.@raggae86 from @IcelandInUS supervised early voting in New York @IcelandUN this week for the upcoming presidential elections in Iceland 🇮🇸🗳️ here with permanent representative of Iceland at the UN @jvaltysson
Yesterday Ambassador @BEllertsdottir opened the culture festival Taste of Iceland Denver 🇮🇸🇺🇸 @Coohills. The stand-up comedian @arieldjarn made guests laugh & @AxelFlovent gave a sneak peak for his concert @GlobeHallDenver tonight with Arny Margret. Thanks to all who came 🙏🏾
We @IcelandInUS have a great relationship with the congressional delegation of #Maine. Today, our friend Jeff Bennett from @SenAngusKing´s office was kind enough to invite me & @raggae86 into #SenateDiningRoom via underground train for a pre-scheduled meeting. Always a thrill!