Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Iceland - Independence Day and National Day - 17 June



In 1944, Iceland declared full independence from the Danish crown. Icelanders selected June 17 to be the official holiday because it was the birthday of Jon Sigurdsson who is regarded as Iceland's champion to the nationalist cause.

http://reykjavikoutsider.blogspot.com/2009/06/iceland-national-day.html
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