Iceland is a small island located beneath the Arctic Circle in the far north-west of Europe. Geologically Iceland is a relatively new island, formed by volcanic activity. It is still regularly affected by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. (The...

Church union was facilitated by the fact that both the Evangelical and the Reformed churches had roots in German Protestantism. As immigrants from GERMANY and SWITZERLAND came to America they founded congregations where they settled, the Reformed...

Republic of Iceland Lveldi Ísland CAPITAL: Reykjavík FLAG: The national flag, introduced in 1916, consists of a red cross (with an extended right horizontal), bordered in white, on a blue field. ANTHEM: O Gu vors lands (O God of Our...

Iceland is the most westerly nation of Europe, the least populated, and was the last to be settled. A volcanic island, it touches the Arctic circle with its northernmost edge. Located between Greenland and Norway, the Gulf Stream brings mild...

Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland (Icelandic: Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland; IPA: [ˈliðvɛltɪð ˈistlant]) is a country in northern Europe, comprising the island of Iceland and its outlying islets in the North Atlantic Ocean between the...

Reclusive chess genius Bobby Fischer was buried Monday in a private ceremony at a churchyard in southern Iceland, a television station reported.Fischer, who died of kidney failure on Thursday at the age of 64, was interred at Laugardaelir church outside the town of Selfoss, Iceland's...