The Music of Failure
Bill Holm
- Address of the Fjallkona (Fjallkona (Mountain Woman))
From Gimli 1944
Settlement poems
by Kristjana Gunnars
by David Arnason
The Secret of the Vínarterta
A Series of Radio Broadcasts 1996
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Address of the Fjallkona (Fjallkona (Mountain Woman)) 1944 The address of the Fjallkona (Fjallkona (Mountain Woman)) is given every year, on the first weekend of August, on the Icelandic Day in Gimli. It is customary for an elderly woman to play the part of the Fjallkona (Fjallkona (Mountain Woman)). This role is considered a great honour.
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