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University of Iceland

university, Reykjavík, Iceland

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history of Iceland

In Iceland: Home rule and sovereignty (1904–44)
The University of Iceland was established (1911) in Reykjavík, which by 1918 had a population of 15,000. All restrictions on the freedom to move to the fishing villages were either abolished or quietly forgotten. There was a radical transformation in the occupational structure of the country,…
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Reykjavík

In Reykjavík: The contemporary city
…the University Library [1940]), the University of Iceland (founded 1911), the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, and the National Gallery of Iceland. The Árni Magnússon Institute in Iceland, a department within the University of Iceland, is based on the manuscript collection of Árni Magnússon (long held by the University of Copenhagen). The…
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