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Icelandic Government Scholarships awarded to eleven students from foreign universities

Throughout the history, grant recipients have come from approximately 40 countries across Europe, North America, and Asia.

List of grantees

The Icelandic Ministry of Culture and Business Affairs awards annually a number of scholarships for studies in Icelandic as a second language at the University of Iceland.

Two summer schools in Icelandic language and culture

Read about the two summer courses offered in 2025.

The name of the institute in various languages

Languages: Icelandic, English, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, French, German.

As a young man, the Icelander Árni Magnússon (1663-1730) travelled to Copenhagen to study and later became a professor at the University of Copenhagen. He travelled widely in Iceland, collecting an immense number of books, including vellum manuscripts.

Research

The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies conducts applied and theoretical research on Icelandic language, literature, history and culture. The Institute employs a number of permanent scholars, and provides visiting scholars with research facilities for periods of varying length.