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31 January 2024

Gluggagægir (Window-Peeper) - Introduction

Gluggagægir (Window-Peeper) is the tenth Yule Lad who comes to town on the night before the 21st of December and departs for home on the 3rd of January.

31 January 2024

Gáttaþefur (Doorway-Sniffer) - Introduction

Gáttaþefur (Doorway-Sniffer) is the eleventh Yule Lad who comes to town on the night before the 22nd of December and departs for home on the 4th of January.

31 January 2024

Ketkrókur (Meat-Hook) - Introduction

Ketkrókur (Meat-Hook) is the twelfth Yule Lad who comes to town on the night before the 23rd of December and departs for home on the 5th of January.

31 January 2024

Kertasníkir (Candle-Stealer) - Introduction

Kertasníkir (Candle-Stealer) is the thirteenth and the last Yule Lad who comes to town on the night before the 24th of December and departs for home on the 6th of January.

31 January 2024

Grýla og Leppalúði (The Yulelads troll parents) - Introduction

The parents of the Yule lads are trolls called Grýla (mother) and Leppalúði (father). In the tales Grýla is a scary troll who has the ability to detect when children misbehave, hunts them down, and takes them back to her cave for making stew of them.

31 January 2024

Jólakötturinn (Christmas-Cat) - Introduction

The "nice" parents of the Yule lads own a big black cate known as the Christmas cat (Jólakötturinn). The giant Christmas cat is vicious and even scarier than Grýla, it likes to hunt people who do not receive anything new to wear for Christmas and eats them.

22 April 2024

Jan Mayen facts

Jan Mayen is a remote Norwegian island located at 71°N/8°W in the Arctic Ocean, about 600 kilometers northeast of Iceland, 500 km east of Greenland, and approximately 1000 km west of Norway.

9 April 2024

Svalbard facts

Svalbard has the northernmost settlement in the world. The largest being Longyearbyen with around 2400 inhabitants from around 53 countries.

24 January 2024

Arctic Definitions

The Arctic is the northernmost region of Earth. Most scientists define the Arctic as the area within the Arctic Circle, a line of latitude about 66.5° north of the Equator.

 

 

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