Embassy of Iceland - London, UK

Garðar Thor Cortes is currently touring the United Kingdom with Katherine Jenkins. For further information regarding dates and locations please visit www.katherinejenkins.com. Please note that Garðar Thor will take part in all her scheduled concerts on this tour.

Icelandic band Perla will be competing at the Global Battle of the Bands at the London Astoria on Tuesday 12th December 2006.

A new exhibition at the Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich. November 15th to December 6th 2006.

Tickets are now available for an evening of Icelandic Christmas Carols, featuring Icelandic opera singers and the Icelandic Church Choir on Monday 4th December 2006 at Leighton House Museum, London.

The Icelandic Society celebrates Independence Day at the Icelandic Embassy in London on Saturday 2nd December 2006 from 4pm. The programme includes presentations of work by a playwright, filmmakers and musicians.

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Athygli Íslendinga er vakin á fréttatilkynningu dóms- og kirkjumálaráðuneytisins varðandi kosningarétt íslenskra ríkisborgara sem búsettir hafa verið erlendis lengur en 8 ár.

London's The Luminaire presents 1,200 Miles, an evening of new Icelandic music featuring Benni Hemm Hemm, Flís, Paul Lydon and DJ Apfelblut, Sunday 26th November 2006.

There will be a gathering at Southwark Cathedral on 25th November at 12:00 to celebrate the anniversary of The Porvoo Common Statement, an agreement between Nordic, Baltic, British and Irish churches.

Bringing deliciously hypnotic music from Reykjavik, Kitchen Motors is an Icelandic artists' collective on their first major UK tour. They will be performing during November in Norwich, Huddersfield, North Yorkshire, Oxford, London & Brighton.

Penguin are publishing Hugleikur Dagsson’s groundbreaking work Should You Be Laughing At This? in November 2006.

The Embassy has published its Newsletter for October 2006.

Iceland in the City is a free showcase of Icelandic music at the Life Cafe Manchester, Tuesday 31st October. Artists performing are Eliza, Olof Arnalds, My summer as a salvation soldier, Mammut and Ulpa.

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Art Happens presents an exciting and unique sneak preview to Christie’s newest concept sale, Nordic Art & Design.

The coolest thing to come out of Iceland this year, Hafdis Huld is on tour in England October 24th - December 4th 2006. Her album 'Dirty Paper Cup' is described as fresh, funny, odd, seductive, Icelandic and above all, great pop music.

Icelandic tenor Gardar Thor Cortes will be performing with classical singer Katherine Jenkins at Croydon's Fairfield Hall, Monday 23rd October 2006.

A weekend of video and performance art from Nordic countries at the Courtauld Institute and Somerset House begins with a conference on Friday 20 October. Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson will be participating.

Icelandic band amiina will perform at the Arts Theatre London, 18th October 2006, as part of a tour around Europe and the USA.

Vesturport with yet another performance in the United Kingdom: 28 September - 28 October 2006.

This exhibition by Britain's greatest living portrait photographer presents the mythic tale of an expedition across Iceland's epic landscape in search of The Water People. Cafe Gallery, Southwark Park, London: 20 September - 29 October, 2006.

The Iceland Airwaves Festival presents a preview night at Kings College London on 12th September 2006, featuring Icelandic Band Jakobinarina.

Beowulf & Grendel will be shown at the Phoenix Cinema in London on Saturday 9th September 2006 at 3.45pm. Filmed in stunning Icelandic landscapes, this is the first screening of the film in mainland UK.

Sigríður Ósk Kristjánsdóttir will be singing the role of Filipyevna in Eugene Onegin as part of the British Youth Opera's 20th Anniversary Season at London's Peacock Theatre - 9th, 13th & 15th September 2006.

This new book by Jóna E. Hammer is a first-hand and humorous account of Icelandic culture and an Icelandic childhood. The writer's memoirs are presented alongside colourful Icelandic folktales.

The Sigurður Nordal Institute invites applications from foreign writers, translators and scholars for the 2007 Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships.

New work from Icelandic artist Steinunn Thorarinsdottir can be seen at an exhibition of contemporary sculpture 24 July - 31 August 2006 at Osborne Samuel Gallery, London. www.osbornesamuel.com

Icelandic baritone Olafur Kjartan Sigurdarson will be singing as Rigoletto in the new opera production of Verdi's masterpiece, with the City of London Sinfonia and the Opera Holland Park chorus in July and August.

Iceland’s most inventive young theatre company, Vesturport return by popular demand with this daring and imaginative adaptation of Georg Büchner’s 1837 masterpiece at the Barbican Theatre www.barbican.org.uk

Final year work by BCUC Spatial Design students, including a project based on a visit to Iceland, will be exhibited from 20th June - 2nd July at the V&A Theatre Museum in Covent Garden, London.

As of May 17th 2006 all Icelandic Passports are issued in Iceland. In July 2006, Icelandic Citizens can apply for the new Icelandic Biometric Passports at the Embassy in London. Icelandic Consulates can not accept applications for Icelandic Passports as of May 17th, 2006.

The embassy has published its newsletter for February 2006.

The embassy has published its newsletter for January 2006.

Wednesday 15 February 8pm, The Bush Theatre, Shephards Bush Green London W12.

artsdepot, 5 Nether Street, Tally Ho Corner North Finchley, London, N12 0GA Wednesday 8 February 7.30pm

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