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 Háskólinn á Akureyri

The house of the author The Nobel prize winner for literature in 1955 was Halldór Laxness (1902-1998). The house of the author where he and his family lived for more than fifty years has been opened to the public as a museum. Nothing has been changed since he and his family lived there. Gljúfrasteinn, the house of the poet, is situated just outside Reykjavik city. At the museum you can watch multimedia presentation of the poet’s life and his work. Walking paths lie around in the beautiful surroundings and visitors can walk the same paths the poet did. Laxness was brougth up there so these surroundings were also his playground as a child. Laxness was very efficient poet and he wrote novels, plays and a lot of articles. Some of his work has been written in more than 40 languages.
M.P. proposes changes regarding the presidency of Iceland Pétur Blöndal, a member of parliment for the conservative party, has presented a bill in the Icelandic parliament regarding the presidency of Iceland.  He proposes that Icelanders abolish the office of president and that current duties will be filled by current ministers.  If this bill will be passed, this change will take effect when current term for the president of Iceland ends in 2007. Blöndal’s bill may be seen as the reaction to the events in June last, when the current president of Iceland, Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson, rejected for the first time in Iceland’s 60 years history as a republic, to sign a law that had been passed by the Parliament.
Alcoa bygger et alumium plant i Island de næste år so de sidste år har det været en stor project i vandkræftværk i grænsene i Öst Island som en italsk entreprenör, Impreglio, har bestyret. En hel nyt samfund af 700 - 1200 mennesker er blevet bygget i grænsen som består af forskellige nationalitet hvor portugisisk er de fleste sammen med italienske, kineser, slovaker og nogle islændinge. I den lille isolerede by findes alt som indbyggerne behöver, kontore, skole, sygestue, motioncenter, kantine, butik men ingen bar fordi den islandske kraftværk forbyder alcohol på områden.  Derfor må arbejderne bruge sin liden fridid og köre med busen i to timer i en rutebil på söndagen til den næste by for en öl!  Det skulle dog være en fin mulighed for de fremmede at möde de locale men de opdagede tidigt at islændinger går ikke til baren i söndagen og endda ikke til kirken hvad var den eneste sted åben i byen på söndager sammen med kiosken! Det har også været lidt svært for den italske entrepenör Impreglio at akkomodere sig til islandsk omstændighed og cultur og at overbevise islændingene om fortröstning. Steinunn Adalbjarnardottir, Island steinunna@nett.is