Fascinating FACTS about Iceland
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- čas přidán 13. 08. 2019
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FAQ:
how old are you? 21
where are you from? Iceland
what camera do you use? Canon M10
love ya guys so much xx
Correction: Iceland legalized gay marriage in 2010 NOT in 2006! Accidentally said 2006 haha ahh!
Hi Hrafna Im a fan of yours I really love your vlogs about Iceland hoping to see you here in Iceland..Im from Philippines..😊😊
How dare you...I will never trust again...
Hrafna Hello 👋 love ❤️ from Philippines 🇵🇭 🇮🇸
Roberto Insingo also in Israel
Greetings from Costa Rica!
I swear Icelandic people are the most chill people
Haha true
And sexy 😏. Most of the time lol
Yes its very cold there. They are very chill. Like hypothermia chill.
Stefan Savic True (i’m icelandic)
@@Name-kd5jj It does not seem to get that cold there.
We in Slavic countries also have the window weather idea but call it differently. In literal translation we call it sun with teeth cause it looks sunny but once you go outside the cold "bites" you 😂
Canada has this too
@Emanuil Serafimov I'm from Bosnia and Herzegovina but I'm Croatian if that helps at all, basically everyone here uses the term "zubato sunce".
I loved the meaning behind it 🤣🤣🤣
In serbia it is the same (in all balkan countries eventually). Zubato sunce can usually tick you when you see very nice weather through window and than you freeze outside 😂
Haha that's so funny cause here in Brazil when you see the weather through the window and think "oh it is probably hot outside"
yeah
it is
"Hrafnhildur"? Come on, it doesn't get much cooler than that... your name sounds epic af, lol.
Thank you!!
more epic if you translate it to english: Valkyrie of the Ravens or raven Valkyrie
They are still vikings and that's awesome! :-)
my name is Hilda! i had never met anyone with my name before i found your videos.
i am really proud of my name and its meaning (warrior, fighter, basically its a pretty badass name) really suits me
@@winterd0tter its a very common spanish name hilda at least in México
If I called a teacher by their first name, I’d get a detention hah
THAT LITERALLY HAPPENED TO ME OMG
Wauw. What country?
Same in Germany
bangelawi I live in the UK and it would most likely happen here, depends on how strict the teacher is
You would get detention in the US as well for using your teachers first name
The last name system is 'allowed' in norway and sweden. And on the faroese islands it is still dominant.
And Denmark
And Finland
@@aleksiheiska8286 no.
Yeah, we have those Danish spelled surnames that are inherited. We do, however, have more and more people taking on proper patronyms that are strictly personal. As we did since before Norse settlement in Iceland. I am Faroese, by the way
Nicklas Skipper shut up & go away !
Iceland:
Summer: am i a joke to you?
I hate that people think its cold on the summer and that gives me the rigth to say STOOOPID It reached 30° Here This summer so stfu
FixGamingYt The average max temperatura of the hottest month is just 13 º so, no, it’s not hot at all
@@pabloarjona9674 Are u dumb i live there i know the tempeture ot reached 30° you cant say shit bro
@@pabloarjona9674 U dont even know nothing bruh
Wavyz no except if you live in Akureyri
Geothermal activity, basically we have a ton of hotsprings (due to lavaflow being very close to the surface) and we drill for boiling water underground, use the steam from it to generate electricity and then pump the hot water up in pipelines, filter it and use that as both bathing water and to heat up our houses, about 90% of housing in Iceland is geothermically heated.
For my small apartment i pay about 25$ a month
Hope this helped 🤷♀️
I love taking long showers but live with three other people, so I can't. I'm moving somewhere cold with cheap water.
Seems that God really loves you. You have cold outside (to stay near each other inside) and same time you have almost a free heating system and warm water :D :D :P Only for a month I paid 750€ heating
in Finland we call our teachers by their 1st name or even with a nickname🇫🇮
same in Brazil
Same for Mexico
Same for Denmark
Some of these facts I knew , some not .
Please give us a part 2 !
Hugs from USA 🇺🇸 ❤️
Hi
In Spain, when someone gets married, our last names don't change, neither! :) We got two last names, the first one is the first last name of the father, and the second, the first of the mother (the order can change if the parents want it. Great video Hrafna, greetings from Galicia!, Sp!!!
Den Ukkonen our spanish teacher told us this and that you often have endless names then xD
In Italy people don't have double surnames, but women also don't change their surnames after marrying
@@linajurgensen4698 Not really, I mean, there are people with two names (+double surname) or something like that, but it's not thaaat usual
Hey! I'm spanish too! So cool to find more spanish people that watch this channel 😊
Same goes for Latin american countries, we have two names (usually, but it can be as many as your parents want) and two last names
In Russian, everyone is referred to by their first and middle name, we also do not use "Mr/Miss/Mrs". The middle name always comes from the father, adding "-a" for females, and "-vich" for males.
Awesome I love Russia and Russia's they are the only thing keeping masculinity alive keep up the strong work and the women are beautiful would love to learn Russian and visit but I wanna visit Iceland first what a cool country god bless us
In Ukraine 🇺🇦 we have a little bit similar name system to the Icelandic. We have SURNAME - NAME - PATRONYMIC NAME ( [father’s name] +suffix [ovych])
So I’m Shevchuk Yaroslav Olexandrovych. Olexandr is my father’s name
Sorry if too complicated🙃
Yarikus_ Kyiv was established by the Vikings, so it is likely that the Russian/Ukranian patronymic name system came from them. Other slavic cultures don’t really have them.
Shit! I wish I read the comments before I posted about our Ukrainian names as well 😂😂
@@afcgeo882 There kind of are - in Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian. In Bulgarian, for example, patronymic and family names have the same form and you can tell which one is which by their order: Ivan Nikolaev Aleksandrov would be Ivan, son of Nikolai, (great) grandson of Aleksander. Still, the middle name usually appears on official documents only
Yeah, I was about to comment the same thing about russia... (Don't take my name into consideration since my father is romanian and as such I have a romanian name)
In Poland we don't have it and it has never been legally allowed as a name system but it appeared in our culture. Now, the suffix "owicz"/ "ewicz" is one of the most popular suffixes for surnames. For example two greatest Polish writers are Sienkiewicz and Mickiewicz. Sienkiewicz means son of Sieńko (some old eastern slavic name which doesn't exist in Poland now) and Mickiewicz also comes from sth like that. We have really a lot of surnames like these - Janowicz (son of Jan ), Abramowicz (son of Abram), Łukaszewicz (son of Łukasz) etc.
Some of them (like Makłowicz) are not originally Polish ofc, they have Lithuanian, Belarusian, Ukrainian or Russian origin, but they have polonized through the centurys.
Here in Finland we use first names of almost everyone too.
I'm going to Iceland for a week next month (my father lives there but he's Polish like me) and I'm super excited, I love your channel and all things Iceland related 💓
I have dreamt about visiting your country since I was in middle school (even before my father moved there) so it's a big thing for me and I can't wait 💕
My Grandpa was stationed in Reykjavík in the early 50’s with the US Navy. I grew up hearing tells and story’s for Iceland. I have a ton of pictures from his time there as a naval photographer. I hope to see them for myself one day.
Oohh! In my country (Costa Rica) we also generate most of our electricity on hydroelectric plants! 98% to be precise. Also we already had a female president.
Wtf, encontrarse otro tico en un vídeo de una islandesa. 😅
@@KnightRiderOfVoid !!! Jajaj que pequeño es el mundo! 🤔😂
Qué sean 3 xD. Lo que termina haciendo uno en vez de estudiar
You also have sloths and that is pretty freaking cool.
@@miltestcf1281 y 6 meses después otra tica jajaja
Here in the U.S. a growing number of people wish they had the money, connections, and desired skills to move to another country.....
Can’t wait to visit Iceland one day!❤️😊
expensive :(
Max Albert it’s doable if you don’t go out to eat at the restaurants and cook yourself. i personally found it kinda fun to work around that. ate out once during 5 days there
Linda Jürgensen what are u doing here hahaha, hallo!
Aldo Klaudiasson who are u? ;)
@@linajurgensen4698 Remember the video about Icelandic folk music? Thats me
In the US (and I’m sure in other countries similar) we have some people who’s last name is Richardson, Watson, Anderson, etc. Those names usually date back to European countries with last name systems like Iceland :)
In Brazil, we also call people by their first names! Even professors and doctors
I was just in Iceland with some friends. Truly an amazing country! Both people and landscape! Thank you for being a part of such beauty
In Part 2, you should discuss the fact that Icelandic Women seem to dominate the Crossfit Games competition. Annie Thorisdottir (2 Championships), Katrin Davidsdottir (2 Championships), Sara Sigmundsdottir has finished 2nd numerous times and Thuri Helgadottir is always in contention as well.
Just built that way but also alot of people do roids. Same with strong man compition
So happy I found out about this channel. I've always loved learning about Iceland. I'll be sticking around for a while 😁
Swedish people also call people by their first name but sometimes (or even quite often) people call eachother by their lastname or ''nickname''. Exception is our Royal family. We adress them by their titles if we're ever were to stumble upon them.
xLarsson96x And yet your name is “Larsson”, which means the son of Lars.
George L his dad’s name probably isn’t Lars though. We stoped using that system a long time ago.
Edvin Alcantara I know, but it was likely his ancestor’s name.
"Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is an icon"
Me (an icelander): *nods aggressively*
Hallo wer are you from
My favorite fact about Iceland is that he Sagas of the Icelanders was repeated as an oral tradition for hundreds of years with such accuracy that today you can buy a copy of the book and use it as a travel guide of historic places in Iceland :)
Your videos are so great...I’ve been obsessed with your country for so long, so thanks for all the informative and well done videos...Mad respect from NY
Here in Portugal if you call a teacher by his 1st name, you're gonna be toughly punished🇵🇹
Good
In university is different whit some professors, specially if you are at phd
@@xdeltaptx Yeah
Same here in Germany
Saaaaame in Poland. Recently, there was a case in the news, that some high school student was calling his teacher by his first name, and talking to him per "you" and he was even sued for insulting the public servant. That's very unique sittuation ofc, they usually call parents, knock down behavior mark, maybe he would get expelled in some priva te school, but I don't think so. If that's a single thing.
As someone who learns Icelandic, i have the keyboard problem too xD almost every time i type 'm' instead of 'n' or 'l' instead of 'k'
I’m from the US, California to be exact- never lived anywhere else. So I am very much a Californian 😊
I really do love California! It’s becoming painfully expensive to live here, but there are so many things I love about my home state!
I absolutely love the big rolling hills and all the trees! I’m in Sacramento, aptly nicknamed “The City of Trees”. 🌳💗🌲 I love living close to the American River, and I’m not too far away from Lake Tahoe or the ocean!
I have a lot of love for Sacramento, especially the art/music culture. I feel like my city really appreciates and supports the arts! 💖
I like the Icelandic naming system- I’ve thought about it before; mine would be Thomassdaughter, or Tómassdóttir. And if it was matronymic, it would be Kathysdaughter, or Kathysdóttir. (Obviously my mom’s name is Kathy, but the closest Icelandic name to that would be Katrín- so, Katrínsdóttir.)
Funny thing is, my last name follows that tradition, Wilson- “son of Will” (which is cool and all... except for the fact that I’m not a man, lol.)
Also, I kept my maiden name when I got married- my husband has always been fine with that, he wanted it to be my choice, which makes me happy. 💗
His last name happens to be Terwilliger; which is incredibly Dutch, even though ethnically he is very Italian, lol!
Icelands geothermal heating is because of their volcano and their underground hot springs. What's super interesting is that because of this, you can actually smell sulfur when you run the water at a hot temperature. (As a foreigner this was super shocking, but super easy to get use to.)
An interesting fact about Hungary:
BUDAPEST HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF THERMAL SPRINGS IN THE WORLD.
LOVE FROM HU. :)
i am from greece and i like your videos! please make a video and talk about art,describe what you like most about arts,and what means to be an artist in iceland?
It's so nice to get genuine facts and some how I feel more connected to iceland every time I watch your videos, can't wait to go back. Thanks
These videos about Iceland make me want to learn Icelandic and visit your country so much 😭
Love, as always, from Italy 💕
WOW Iceland is incredible
For a long time Ive wondering to visit Iceland
Greetings from México
I’m going to Iceland tomorrow for vacation!!! I’m so excited 😆
Great! Have a nice travel :)
Im from iceland and if I was you I would cook at home or hotel if you can the restaurants here are very expensive but you can just see for yourself mabey you have the money
Nói Páll we are staying at air b and bs and they come with kitchens. My sister and I are quite picky eaters so our mom packed us a lot of dry food we can cook for ourselves. I’m so excited to leave tonight!! Thank you so much for the tip!
@@devanalaya have fun !
This is just my opinion. I feel like a lot of people around the world think of Americans as the same. I'm from Colorado. We were the first to overturn alcohol prohibition. First to legalize marijuana. One of the first states to legalize gay marriage outright. I'm a Coloradoan before I'm an American! Love your videos and all the hard work you do!
Hrafna, I'm a geologist and I fully understood what you said about electricity in Iceland being generated by hydroelectric (surface water flow through turbines) and geothermal (steam that was formed underground in a hot volcanic terrain which is then run through a turbine). You have a lot of running water and a lot of underground heat! Cheap electricity is why you have the large aluminum refining plants in Iceland.
In Argentina, when there is a party and the cooker makes barbecue we give an applause.
Argentinians know how to throw down a barbeque. 100%.
I love Argentina 🇦🇷, Buenos Aires and Reykjavík are probably my two favorite cities I’ve visited. Greetings from NY ❤️
Great informative video again, takk fyrir Hrafna!
But if indeed 60.000 Icelanders visited Ed Sheeran´s concerts there, it´s not only every seventh, but rather even every sixth (!) Icelander who has seen him performing live! ;-)
And I´m really looking forward to visiting Iceland this October, I barely can´t wait to be there for one week (secretly hoping to cross your way one day...)!!
Bless
Don’t doubt your English! You speak better than many Americans. I love everything you share about your country 💚 thank you for all your hard work in making videos for us!
It’s crazy to think that the whole country of Iceland 🇮🇸 has my city’s population in Brazil 🇧🇷 I love your videos and culture!! :))
Icelandic Dept of tourism needs to hire this absolutely Beautiful ❤️ articulate, knowledgeable, gorgeous, sweet woman!!!!! love you Hrafna 😍
I love your name! It sounds really good. And the name thing is really interesting. But how do people call your family? For example here in Germany we say like "This is Familie Müller" how do you say it when you don't have the same surname as the rest of your family?
Sometimes families use their house as a family name (mine does, I'm Icelandic btw) or where one of your family member and his/her family were raised.
We don’t really say anything like that
@@huldagujonsdottir397 and whats the name of the house? I never heard a house name
@@ylfakristin5415 my family does and my best friend's family does. That's also why I said "sometimes"
@@rimdidim22 my family uses the house where my grandma used to live. Idk how to explain this hshsh
Yay another video! I was missing you when I didn’t see a video last week
Also omg I love seeing how much you’re BLOWING UP in subscribers lately!! ❤️
I love your accent. Your videos are so cool. Love hearing about your country and culture!!!
You look like a Skyrim character which is a good thing lol
Pedro Pierre lol
Omg do an Asmr video in Icelandic 😍
EGI why was I thinking the same thing?
Thank you for your videos. Very helpful for those of us about to visit.
Fun fact: there is no snowfall in Puerto Rico, where I was born. Haha!
But the warm beaches in Puerto Rico are amazing and I love looking at cuttlefish, sea turtles, sea urchins, and starfish, and fish and coral of every color you can imagine. The beaches are the BEST part of Puerto Rico!
Also getting coconuts from the tree to drink coconut water and pineapple from a pineapple stand; it doesn't get better than that. Also the best part about being in Puerto Rico is going to the family backyard and being given free organic papayas, coconuts, bananas, guavas, passion fruits, star fruits, oranges, mandarins, grapefruits, jackfruit, mangoes, pineapples, and guineps. They're all organic and free when your family grows them in their backyard, lol! Tropical fruits are delicious!
Luckily, I love snow
Your dimples are so cute!
Let me just take a moment to apreciate that when you chose an example of respected person, you picked a teacher. From where I'm from, teachers don't get the respect they deserve, or at all, which is sad.
I try to respect teachers that actually teach stuff but sometimes I was very hard xd from USA Pennsylvania
@@austintomkewitz7206 sometimes teaches are just like us, they need a healthy environment to work properly. As children and teenagers is really hard for us to understand that, but I think, and a lot of American movies picture is that all this healthy environment needs trust and humongous doses of good will and humor
I think they just get paid too much but the ones who teach I should've respected them more but I was just caring less and less I barely passed but I'm glad I did because I can forget it now haha
@@austintomkewitz7206 I'm from Brazil. Here they get twice the minimum wage, which is not much at all. At a high school level job, I get around 3x min wage, which again is not very much. Teachers in Brazil are in a bad bad situation. But some still strive for a better world and country.
Edit: the government states that below 5 min wages are borderline poverty
I love this video. Thank you for sharing 🤠
I love the language and beautiful landscape in Iceland,planning to travel in Iceland in 2020!Love your videos too haha!Greetings from China!
Actually as i know, the arabs are similar in calling their names. e.g :
Muhammad ebn-e abdullah (muhammad the son of abdollah)
Fatemeh bent-e abdullah (fatemeh the daughter of abdullah)
Not just Arabs, it's the Muslim naming convention in general which behaves similarly to the naming conventions used by the Icelands, Danes, ect
Not just Arabs it's the Muslim naming convention in general that behaves similarly to the naming convention used in Nordic countries
I think it's awesome that you guys don't have an army! ☺️ I visited Iceland last year and it was so peaceful, so hardly shocking that your government wouldn't consider that a priority! 😂
THE JURASSIC KING Very unlikely as they are members of NATO.
Norway had the same system of patronymic surnames, but did away with it about a century ago. It was common place on the country side, but not so much in urban areas. My Mothers name is Eriksen, but had to trace the the family line 5 Generation back before I found the source of the patronym: Erik Olsen. Needless to say, Erik Olsens father was Ole.
Heeeej girl, i missed you :) Thank you for this video - it's very interesting and it answers for a lot of my questions about your great country.
You should collab with Melina Sophie, she’s a German CZcamsr but lives with Iceland!
Funny thing about Sweden is that we're always messing with our
neighboring countries especially Denmark, and of course they are messing with us right back. A common phrase in Swedish is ''Danskjävel!'' which translates too ''Dansih Bastard''. Everytime Denmark is mentioned Swedish people will start saying ''Danskjävel' and mimic their accents xD
Almost all of the Italian people speaking about France and French people 😂
When you clear your throat and your danish friend agrees
I'll be visiting Iceland In Feb 2020. Thanks for your videos. Definitely very informative. :)
Thanks for all your interesting information, I used to live in different countries and in the Netherlands it was pretty normal to call everybody by his first name, even your boss. I think its cool. Now I live in spain and here we also generally use first names,even my son at school towards his teachers. Since I am german and over there we are still kind of stiff and distanced i think it makes us more human to use first names. The daughter/Son addition in your last names is very special and one of the many things you guys can be proud of. Sending you some Sun from Tenerife! Anja
In Portugal each family has a different last name but when we get married women have the option to change it or not .
Same goes for most of central europe i would say.
It is easier for me to learn Japanse than pronounce your name correctly. rs
But you're gorgeous notwithstand i love your videos.
It´s easy... you only just have to tie a knot to your tongue... then it´s easy...
Hi Hrafna, my uncle who pretty much raised me was in the British Airborne Artillery and was stationed in Reykjavik for a while during WW2. He didn't like taking about the war very much but he did however like to talk about the places they were stationed and people he met and often lived with. He would tell me stories of the beauty of Iceland 🇮🇸. Another of his favorites was Belgium, where the couple that shared there house with the allied soldiers called Sabbe, he became firm friends with until the end of their days
Very enlightening. I truly enjoy your videos
Are Björk and Sigur Ros popular in Iceland?
I'm not from Iceland but I'm sure they are xD (big fan of both!)
Probably not as much as Of Monsters and Men or Emiliana Torrini.
One of my friends is a fairly well known musician from Iceland and he said that this isn't the case at all. He actually has a bit of a giggle when people compare what he does to Bjork or Sigur Ros.
As far as I know (I'm not an Icelander, but I'm a huge fan of Icelandic music) everyone knows them because they are (expecially Björk) the people who brought Iceland to the world and Icelanders are very proud of them.
But they haven't got a very big fanbase there, people know some hits, but aren't really fans.
Sciadi Their time was long ago. Back in the 1990s they were big, all over, but today? No... people and tastes move on.
Apparently my tounge did not evolve enough to pronounce your name.
Window weather made me thing of something: where I'm from in Vermont, we have a bunch of made-up "seasons", and one is called sticks season. It's the late part of fall when all the leaves have fallen, but we haven't gotten any snow yet, so all the trees just look like naked sticks.
Hi @Hrafna, thank you for your videos about your gorgeous country! I have 2 questions:
- Can you tell me how your internet provider works, and how much you have to pay for the service?
- What type industrial factories, or anything about engineering you guys have? I heard you have a power plant generated by geotermic energy.
Best of regards.
What about transgender persons in Iceland? I know the laws and rights are awesome, but how do people in Iceland treat transgender men and women? Are there older folks that are negative toward transgender people? Idk. Kind of have the dream of moving to Iceland later in my life. I am a trans woman! Love youuuu Hrafna, you're videos are amazing, your love of your country is infectious!
There is no transgender people.
Ask here, this is the gay community in Iceland.
facebook.com/samtokin78/
Don't think you'll have any problems but I'm sure there are some assholes here, just like everywhere else.
People look past the disease and try not to show their disgust and some people actually think it´s normal but gay people have it better than transexuals and are not as shunned but i´d say it´s as good as it gets here
@@Minuz1 I'm sure our ancestors are very proud. Being gay in other cultures is different then it is in America. Here is a example for ya. I go to the dog park every day after work for years. All it promotes is a safe place for dogs to run and people are generally nice to one another regardless of their lifestyle. The benches in various locations are a nice earth brown color. Someone decided to come to the park at night when it is closed and paint one of the benches a rainbow color. It was done well and it looks nice, however it was a statement to prove something. I really don't care about someones lifestyle. But to purposely shove it in my face I feel is unnecessary. It is a neutral park but someone had to make me aware of their sexuality. Like really?
Bezerkur a6e yeah that’s just dumb ,but is Iceland homophobic that he/she felt the need to do that ?
Why Iceland has such beautiful girls?!!💙
Because the Norse didn't take the ugly ones back home LMFAO
Hrafna you should look up the story of the Viking Indian girl around Nova Scotia, another tale about Icelandic people living in North America. This story cones from whalers stopping to resupply who discover a blonde blue eyed Native woman who was sick but spoke a version of language unheard. According to the Captain's log the whalers only understood some of her words because it was a mix of Norwegian, Swedish and Icelandic mixed with an unknown language. She wanted help, but the ship's doctor couldn't help her. She died of the flu. She was buried in a cemetery in Nova Scotia. She was dressed like a Native American or Inuit, but did not look like them. It was believed she was the last of a "viking" settlement that intermarried with a group of Native Americans thus creating a whole new culture of people, but as a result of their isolated living conditions she had poor immune system to many disease and probably contacted the flu like disease from sailors whom she tried to make contact with for years. People think just norwegian, Scandinavian or Swedish Vikings made only the travel to the Americas but it's more likely Icelanders due travel paths and of course Greenland.
Geothermal energy is used in Iceland because it is very volcanically active, meaning there is a lot of very hot lava near the surface. This heat seeps into the rock and soil and can be harnessed using metal coils buried in the earth. The coils are exposed to the surface on the other end, so the heat from the earth travels through the coils to reach the cold air outside. This is called a "heat current" (have you ever held something metal over a fire, then the part you are holding heats up? Same thing). Because you now have a regular heat flow, you can use this to heat up water, boil it into steam to turn an electric motor etc. It's basically free energy.
Interesting facts about Norway they love fjords and they love Norway skal bra And best chocolate ever is Freia melchocolade 🍻🍫
I want to visit Norway so badly! I hope I can travel there in a few years. Beautiful country!
@@bettinak.4 you can travel to Norway. Check the Norwegian ambasatey in your area and honestly visit the fjords. They are just beautiful and peaceful. And of course there's infinite nature, hikes, some ski places best in winter, Oslo and there's a really cool sailing place on the south coast of Kristiansand. And the Norwegian chocolate 🍫. Yes!!!!💖🍫🇳🇴🇳🇴
It's LGBTQ-RSTUVWXYZ missy 😤😤
@@katrinmaria5670 he is joking 😊
I am taking a trip to Iceland in October so your little info pack here is very interesting.
When I was in the art department of my college, all of the professors went by their first names which I appreciated but in general in America at least, you’d typically call a professor or teacher by their last name. Older people in general you might call by their last name but usually first is fine. To be polite you would add Mr./Mrs./Ms. in front.
Greetings from Canada! I've always wanted to visit our neighbor Iceland looks awesome!
Hi Hrafna! Thank you for this interesting and informative video! In Russian (and I believe in most Slavic languages) we also use this kinda thing in names "*fathers name* daughter or son" and we have our surnames as well. so in summary we have 3 names. by the way, I really wanna visit Iceland one day!
Thank you for all of the information. I'd love to visit Iceland one day. Peace :)
I could listen to you say, asked, all day long! Very cute and entertaining videos!
I love that name system so much!! In my state in the US we call our elementary (primary) school- high school by their last names so like Mr. “Last name” but in college it’s a mix of Doctor “last name”, Professor “last name” or just their first name!
Here in Brazil we call other people from they first name too!
Thats awesome. Btw, I love you content and channel Hrafna
Heyy girl! love your video! I hope you know that some of us (like me) enjoy your iceland content but I would also love to see your videos related to crossfit, taekwando and makeup (or whatever other passion you might have). So keep the Iceland content coming but know that I don't watch your channel for the sole purpose of that! have a nice day.
I would love to live there- but the cold- heard it is sooooo expensive-and that jobs are hard to find. Lus-- I would have to bring ALL my books!
Using your father's name as your surname dates all the way back to ancient Greece. Where it was common for somebody to be called, for example 'Socrates son of Sophroniscus'. Wonderful channel Hrafna. You have inspired me to read my copy of the translated Islendinga sogur.
Suddenly became very interested in Iceland and its language after watching a couple of your videos. I'm swedish and can understand a word here and there it's like old Swedish!
Oh goodness! I've been watching your videos for so long, but never noticed your beautiful blue eyes! You've been very blessed 💎💙 😊
I love the fact that you only call people by their first name.............even professors. They do this in the Netherlands too. Living in the US that is very refreshing because it is true, as you pointed out, that is considered rude here. I sort of understand why some/many are offended here and in other places where it is a thing. However, I find it refreshing the way you do it in Iceland and how they do it in the Netherlands because shows that you are not so arrogant or that you are not full of yourselves or bragging if that makes sense.
For some silly reason I thought Iceland was using patronymic names for sons and matronymic names for daughters: dottir. Obviously that's not so according to Hrafna.
Loved this video! And you’re so pretty! Are all Icelandic so pretty like you? Hahahah sending some love from Brazil 🇧🇷❤️
5:37 that describes Oklahoma winters perfectly. A lot of blue sky and sunny weather in winter time yet it gets cold, below freezing and no snow. 😞
Why is pretty much everything about Iceland so cool!! Grrr... Makes me want to visit Iceland so badly in the future! Iceland is in my top 5 countries to go and visit!
That naming system actually used to be the same in the other Nordic countries as well. That's why there's still so many people with surnames like "Johansen" or "Svensson". It changed sometime in the middle ages though, as people wanted to start differentiating their lineage from others by adopting surnames that were shared by all members of the family line.
You're so funny and (especially) natural, Hrafna! 😅 I'd love very much to visit your country someday!
The same sex marriage here in France was legalized in 2013, a bit late to me but glad it did! In big cities, it's opend-minded, unlike in countryside.
For last name, we usually pick from the father, but we can take from the mother or both, which is good!
By the way, I find Iceland a strange and beautiful language. I like when you speak your language ☺️
I'd be curious to know your food culture (what Icelandic people like eating, your national dishes, the eating habits, etc.) 😁
I could listen to @hrafna read the phone book and I'd hang off every word
i dont know how your video came up in my feed or what have you, i do really like your content though ay. on mythology, Icelandic history and the random facts :) only seen a few videos but i will watch more for sure!
im a carpenter and artist from ireland but i do wonder how many different kinds of people and of all ages enjoy this content two ay. or am i just weird XD
thanks anyway , hope all is well and continues to be so for you and yours! all the best from Ireland!