Ambassador Pétur Ásgeirsson will be the first guest when the Icelandic National League of North America launches its new webinar series, All Things Icelandic, on Saturday, February 20.

The ambassador will be in conversation with INLNA president Stefan Jonasson. They’ll discuss the relationship between Canada and Iceland, what the two countries have in common and how they differ, how the Nordic embassies in Ottawa collaborate, and even explore the ambassador’s personal background and interests.

Saturday, February 20, 2021 – 1:00 p.m. Eastern / 12:00 p.m. Central / 11:00 a.m. Mountain / 10:00 a.m. Pacific

Join this Zoom event by clicking on the link below:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89828066716?pwd=TWVDQ1ZTU0QrRVhXMkZKbTE2MTlqZz09

Meeting ID: 898 2806 6716

Passcode: 928044

Ambassador Pétur Ásgeirsson has been Iceland’s representative to Canada since November 1, 2017, when he and his wife, Jóhanna Gunnarsdóttir, a lawyer by profession, arrived in Ottawa. The ambassador joined the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1999 and was previously Consul General in Nuuk, Greenland, which is Iceland’s nearest neighbour.

All Things Icelandic is a new INLNA initiative to better serve members and friends of the league through online means. It will present monthly presentations or interviews on a variety of topics – travel and tourism, literature and music, history and geography, food and art, cinema and sagas, business and public affairs. We’ll explore all things Icelandic, whether here in North America, over in Iceland, or anywhere else in the world.