Start your holiday season with Icelandic fun & food in Virginia! Vendors from across the region will be selling Icelandic and Nordic-themed gifts, including art, crafts, wool, jewelry and more! And remember that we’ll have plenty of great Icelandic food: Smurbrauð (open-faced sandwiches), hot dogs, Icelandic pancakes (crepes), and lots of sweet treats that can’t…
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It’s the middle of summer, and we’re already excited for Christmas!
Vendor registration is now open for the 2025 Christmas Market of the Icelandic Association of Washington, DC.
Takk fyrir frábæran dag
We were so happy to celebrate 17. júni in Maryland with new and returning members of the Association this past Saturday. We had plenty of sunshine, feasted on lots of great food, played games and enjoyed great conversation. Many thanks go to Kjartan Danielsson for grilling the pylsur, to everyone who brought treats, and to…
Join us in Maryland Saturday, June 21st!
Members, check your email for your invitation! Not a member? Reach out to us on Facebook or email treasurer@icelanddc.com to learn more!
Meet Our 2025-2026 Board of Directors
Thank you, Erna and Dwight!
Please join us in giving sincere thanks and rounds of applause to two dedicated, long-serving members of our Board of Directors who have cycled out of their posts: Erna Hákonardóttir Pomrenke and Dwight Martino. Each has been instrumental in making our association what it is today. Look for them at future Association events so you…
Join the fun at our 2025 Annual Meeting on Saturday, May 17 at 1pm
After a great year, we are excited to get as many members and prospective members to come and discuss how to make this coming year even better.
Thorrablot 2025 is February 8th!
Featuring Reynir Lyngdal of Gullfoss og Geysir and Eyjolfur Kristjánsson
Give Icelandic a Chance, our Scholarship program returns for 2025!
As part of our mandate to promote Icelandic language and culture, the Icelandic Association of Washington DC is bringing back our scholarship program. This time we are offering two scholarships to study Icelandic at the University Centre of the Westfjords in Ísafjörður.
Christmas Bazaar 2024
Excitement is building for our upcoming Christmas Bazaar!









