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Overview inside exhibition space. On top of white tables are glass cases. Within them are green boxes that frame old manuscripts. The far wall is filled from floor to ceiling with drawn images of landscapes, foliage and a raven in flight.

The manuscript exhibition World in Words nominated for the Scottish Design Awards

The exhibition was nominated in the category “Experiential – Incorporating: Audiovisual, Graphic and Object-based Displays.”

Call for papers − Orð og tunga 2026

The linguistic journal Orð og tunga is now accepting submissions. Manuscripts should be submitted to the editors by October 15th, 2025, for publication in the 2026 issue.

Conference on Historical Paper and Watermarks in Digital Collections

From June 19th to 21st 2025, The 8th International Conference on Watermarks in Digital Collections was held at Edda in Reykjavik.

The Institute

The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies is an independently funded academic research institute at the University of Iceland, operating under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, Innovation and Higher Education. Its role is to:

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New manuscripts on World in words in Edda

Most of the manuscripts in the exhibition World in words have now been replaced. Among the new manuscripts on display are two important Skálholt books: on the one hand, an

International Summer School in Modern Icelandic Language & Culture

Date: July 1–31, 2025 Each year, the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies in cooperation with the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Iceland, organises the International Summer School in Modern Icelandic Language and Culture.

Snorri Sturluson Fellows 2025

On 23 September 1991, to commemorate 750 years since the death of Snorri Sturluson, the Icelandic government established a fellowship grant fund in his name. The fellows for this year have been announced.

Grey, concrete car park. A man pushes a stack of yellow and black boxes from the back of a black van. Two stacks of boxes are already on the floor and two policemen watch the proceedings.

All Manuscripts Transferred to Edda

The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies has now completed the transfer of all the manuscripts in its care to its new secure storage facility in Edda.

Word of the Year 2024

Each year, the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic studies selects the Word of the Year. Ten words are selected as representative of the year in some way, but the word deemed the most notable in 2024 is Hraunkæling (lava cooling).

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