ClevelandPeople.Com

Icelanders in Cleveland


Flag of Iceland


Halló and Velkominn


News and Upcoming Events for Icelanders in Cleveland

  • Are you interested in doing business in Iceland?
  • Are you interested in taking a trip to Iceland?
  • Are you of Icelandic heritage and living, working or visiting Cleveland or Northeast Ohio?

Contact us for more information.

Submit your Cleveland Icelandic news and events.


Out & About - Photos and Event Recaps

2018

Santa Lucia Celebration

The Swedish Vasa community hosted a Swedish Lucia celebration on Saturday, December 8, at 4 p.m. at Church of the Saviour in Cleveland Heights. The program began with a winter concert of the Vasa Voices, directed by Judith Higbee, singing traditional winter and folk songs in Swedish. Following the vocal concert, the Lucia procession took place.

Santa Lucia procession 2018 in Cleveland by the Swedish community

Lucia procession 2018


More photos from the Swedish Santa Lucia Celebration


Leif Erikson Day 2018

The Scandinavian community of Cleveland, including those from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland gathered at the bust of Leif Erikson in front of Shooters in Cleveland's Flats to celebrate Leif Erikson Day.

Posing for photos with the Leif Erikson bust

Leif Erikson was a Norse explorer regarded as the first European to land in North America (excluding Greenland), nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus.

Catherine Jorgensen McCutcheon modeled a tradional Norwegian costume or bunad as she led the toast

Catherine Jorgensen McCutcheon


See photos and a video of the 2018 Leif Erikson Day in Cleveland


Icelandair Airline Launch in Cleveland

On April 25, 2018 the International Business Network meeting centered on the Icelandair announcement of flights to and from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. The new Icelandair flight service from Cleveland to Europe will begin in May and includes a variety of options for stopovers in Iceland.

Icelandair and IBN leaders

Icelandair and IBN leaders


Photos and videos of the Icelandair event


Organizations and Resources for Icelanders in Cleveland





Submit your Cleveland Icelandic organizations and resources.

Business, Education and Employment Information







Submit your Cleveland Icelandic jobs, classes and other opportunities.


Cleveland Icelandic Feedback and Memories



Iceland History and Culture

Map of Iceland

Settled by Norwegian and Celtic (Scottish and Irish) immigrants during the late 9th and 10th centuries A.D., Iceland boasts the world's oldest functioning legislative assembly, the Althingi, established in 930. Independent for over 300 years, Iceland was subsequently ruled by Norway and Denmark.

Fallout from the Askja volcano of 1875 devastated the Icelandic economy and caused widespread famine. Over the next quarter century, 20% of the island's population emigrated, mostly to Canada and the US.

Denmark granted limited home rule in 1874 and complete independence in 1944. The second half of the 20th century saw substantial economic growth driven primarily by the fishing industry. The economy diversified greatly after the country joined the European Economic Area in 1994, but Iceland was especially hard hit by the global financial crisis in the years following 2008. Literacy, longevity, and social cohesion are first rate by world standards..

(From the CIA World Factbook)


Tell us about the music, food, holidays, traditions, costumes, language and other qualities that makes people from Iceland so special.


Submit your Cleveland Icelandic cultural items.


Profiles of Icelanders in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio






If you know of a Cleveland Icelandic who should be profiled,
please let us know.
ClevelandPeople.Com - Icelandic Ambassadors

Read more about the Icelandic and other Ambassadors. If you are interested in being considered to be an official ClevelandPeople.com Ambassador to the Cleveland Icelandic community, please contact us.




For sponsorship opportunities please contact us at info@clevelandpeople.com

Top of Page




Please support the Icelandic pages of ClevelandPeople.Com







Stay informed about
the news and special events
of the Group(s)
you choose by
signing up
for the free
ClevelandPeople.Com
e-newsletter



Follow ClevelandPeople
on Twitter

Follow ClevelandPeople on Twitter

or Cleveland People on Facebook


Like the work
of ClevelandPeople.Com?
Contribute to the cause
via Paypal






Visit our
On-line Store
featuring Books, DVDs,
Music, Flags,
Clothes, Food
and more from our
various ethnic groups.




Browse over 6,500
ClevelandPeople
YouTube videos






Murder in the Cultural Gardens
Whodunit Mystery
by Dan Hanson
set in the
Cleveland Cultural Gardens











 Copyright © 2009-2023
      Magnum Computers Inc.