Icelandic people of American descent
Icelandic people of American descent make up around 1% of Iceland's population. The first Americans known to have settled in a large group came during World War II, in the form of servicemen.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 4.000-5.000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Reykjavík, Southern Peninsula | |
| Languages | |
| English language · Icelandic language | |
| Religion | |
| Christian, Jewish |
Notable individuals with American roots
- Alex Somers Artist
- Árni Johnsen Politician, His father was an American soldier.
- Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa 1/4 American
- Þór Saari Politician, His father was Finnish-American
- Gunnar Nelson (Fighter), 1/4 American
- Sarah Blake Bateman
- Bobby Fischer chess player
- Danero Thomas Basketball Player
Sources
- http://hagstofa.is
- http://www.mbl.is/mm/gagnasafn/grein.html?grein_id=1100890
- http://www.mbl.is/mm/gagnasafn/grein.html?grein_id=100063
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gollark: (The correct meaning of "GPS trackers" is of course not those bad things which determine their location using GPS and broadcast it by other means, but better devices which pretend to be the GPS Control Segment in order to control the GPS satellite constellation and transmit their own location data via that.)
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gollark: You can borrow one of the GTech™ nanofabricators for it.
gollark: GTech™ does not offer a /dev/null-as-a-service API at this time, but you can use the multitude of hosted services available for this.
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