Norska Byggingasýslan (Statsbygg) hefur tilnefnt íslenskan nemanda við arkitekta- og hönnunarháskólann í Osló (AHO) til verðlauna fyrir framúrskarandi námsverkefni. Statsbyggs studentpris. «National Purist Routes – Industrial Expansion and Moving Icelandic Landscapes», laget av Gislunn Halfdanardottir og Mathias Kempton.

Avsetning til norsk-islandsk kultursamarbeid Árið 1994 ákváðu norsk stjórnvöld að leggja til árlegt framlag til norsks-íslensks menningarsamstarfs sem Haraldur V Noregskonungur kynnti í heimsókn sinni til Íslands vegna 50-ára afmælis íslenska lýðveldisins. Framlaginu skyldi ráðstafað í samráði íslenska mennta- og menningarmálaráðuneytisins og norska menningarmálaráðuneytisins.

The Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture awards annually a number of scholarships to foreign students for study of the Icelandic language, literature and history at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík.

Íslendingafélög víðsvegar um Noreg undirbúa nú Þorrablót sín.

Þann 14.janúar frumsýndi National Theatre, sýningu Vesturports á Hamskiptunum eða Forvaldligen.

Free introductory course for foreigners starting their own company in Norway. The Agency for Business Development Services (Næringsetaten) of the City of Oslo will arrange their free introductory courses in English language on how to start a company in Norway on the folllowing dates the first half of 2012.

A new Cabinet was unveiled in Iceland on 31 December. During the reshuffle former finance minister Mr Steingrímur J. Sigfússon was named Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture as well as Minister of Economic Affairs. Mrs Oddný G. Harðardóttur was promoted into Cabinet as Minister of Finance. Mr Jón Bjarnason, Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, and Mr Árni Páll Árnason, Minister of Economic Affairs, stepped down from the Cabinet. Other ministers retained their posts.

Lørdag 7. januar presenterer Hubro Litteraturhus en av Islands mest anerkjente billedkunstnere, Brynja Arnadottir.

ISLEX er margmála orðabókarverk á vefnum. / ISLEX er en binordisk, flerspråklig onlineordbok

Norsk-islandsk Handelskammer holder spennende dagsseminar i Oslo om den aktuelle økonomiske situasjonen på Island:

Encouraging a nation-wide participation, The President of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson has invited tourists to enjoy pancakes at his home in an effort to make tourists feel welcome in Iceland.

Nú er hægt að fá lánaðar íslenskar bækur (og nokkra dvd) á Det flerspråklige bibliotek.

Lørdag 24. og søndag 25. september arrangeres Nordisk filmhelg på Gimle kino i Oslo. Laugardag 24. og sunnudag 25.september er haldin Norræn kvikmyndahelgi í Gimle bíó í Osló.

Keilir Aviation Academy announces "The first Winter Operation Forum", presented in partnership with AirTransportNews, ACI, AEA, SITA, Icelandair and the Ministry of Interior and Transport in Iceland.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed and approved on Friday the sixth and final review of Iceland's Economic Recovery Programme, supported by a Stand-By Arrangement, making the country the first to complete such a program following the international financial recession. The objectives have been met and the successful collaboration between Iceland and the IMF has drawn considerable attention.

An exciting programme in Harpa on August 20th from 13 until midnight culminating in the lighting of the glass facade by artist Ólafur Elíasson thirty minutes before the firework display.

How to start a business in Norway 30 August, 4 October and 22 November: Free introductory course

The Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships are granted to writers, translators and scholars (not students) in the field of humanities from outside Iceland, to enable them to stay in Iceland for a period of at least three months, in order to improve their knowledge of the Icelandic language, culture and society. Application information.