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Leader Sheep leading a flock of sheep © Forystusetur Around May, after the lamb are born and a few days rest, the sheep are spread around the country. This is done to ensure that each sheep has enough space and fodder for the next month. In summer they range completely free without any human interference… Read More »Tungugerðisrétt á Tjörnesi/ Tungugerði sheep roundup at Tjörnes

Hraunsrétt sheep round-up © Húsavíkurstofa Around May, after the lamb are born and a few days rest, the sheep are spread around the country. This is done to ensure that each sheep has enough space and fodder for the next month. In summer they range completely free without any human interference and are free to… Read More »Húsavíkurrétt/ Sheep Roundup at Húsavík

At some round-up several thousand sheep are gathered © Húsavíkurstofa Around May, after the lamb are born and a few days rest, the sheep are spread around the country. This is done to ensure that each sheep has enough space and fodder for the next month. In summer they range completely free without any human… Read More »Mánárrétt á Tjörnesi/ Mánár Sheep Roundup at Tjörnes

Hraunsrétt sheep round-up © Húsavíkurstofa Sheep are integral to Iceland: some 800,000 roam the country, more than twice the human population, and they’ve sustained the island’s inhabitants for centuries. Best of all, they’re almost entirely free range. After lambing time in May, farmers turn their flocks loose to graze on the lush highland grasses and… Read More »Hraunsrétt í Aðaldal/ Sheep Roundup at Aðaldal

Flock of Leader Sheep © Forystusetur Sheep are integral to Iceland: some 800,000 roam the country, more than twice the human population, and they’ve sustained the island’s inhabitants for centuries. Best of all, they’re almost entirely free range. After lambing time in May, farmers turn their flocks loose to graze on the lush highland grasses… Read More »Víkingavatnsrétt í Kelduhverfi/ Víkingavatns sheep roundup

Welcome the exhibition "From shaping to remember" in the Museum House Húsavík.  Last fall, the exhibition was set up in the Árnesinga Art Museum in Hveragerði, with nine artists from all over the country. The group subsequently decided to disseminate this interesting knowledge of the diversity of this art to the public and make the… Read More »Frá mótun til muna – From earth to artefacts

  This traveling exhibition show illustrations made by Icelandic artists for Icelandic school books spanning from the first years of the democracy to books used nowadays.