A big fish in a little pond
Englishman Smutty Smiff, a rockabilly bassist who played in the “Rockats”, and his wife Katrín Rósa Stefánsdóttir met in a pub in Camden Town in London. They now live in Reykjavík with their two young sons.
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Surrounded by Creativity
Linnea Ahle and Gunnar Þór Gunnarsson met six years ago in east Sweden, where Gunnar played football for the local team, IFK Norrköping. Their romance was a whirlwind one, and the pair had moved in together three weeks after they first met.
When Gunnar moved back to Iceland to complete his studies, Linnea was to follow but got cold feet, and the couple eventually broke up. Eight months later, Linnea decided to take the plunge, leave her home country and start a new life with Gunnar Þór on this barren island in the North Atlantic. A couple of years later she says she is happy and settled in her new home.
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Mr. and Mrs. Africa
David Bombay met his wife Fjóla Björk Gunnlaugsdóttir in his native Tanzania, East Africa. David has been a professional bodybuilder since 2002 and has been awarded the prestigious title of Mr. Africa twice, once in 2002 and again in 2008. He is a national celebrity in his own country. David and his wife Fjóla are now residing in the town of Akureyri in North Iceland with their newborn daughter Andreana.
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Small size both a blessing and a curse
Dögg Mósesdóttir and Daniel Schreiber met through a Colombian named Alejandro when they both lived in Barcelona, Spain. Dögg was studying film, while Daniel worked as an English teacher. Alejandro, who was Daniel’s roommate, was studying with Dögg and invited Daniel to tag along to a party she had organized. And the rest is history. The couple now lives in the west side of central Reykjavík with their two-year-old daughter, Ylfa, and a grumpy, old cat named Guðjón. Dögg is a freelance filmmaker as well as the chairman of WIFT in Iceland (Women in Film and Television), and Daniel works as a freelance photographer and musician.
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What do a DJ and former rockabilly star, an American freelance photographer, a Swedish globetrotter and a former Mr Africa have in common? They all met and fell in love with an Icelander and moved to this isolated island in the North Atlantic to be with their significant other.
Iceland Insider met up with four “love refugees” who shared their love-story and their view on their new home country.
A big fish in a little pond
Englishman Smutty Smiff, a rockabilly bassist who played in the “Rockats”, and his wife Katrín Rósa Stefánsdóttir met in a pub in Camden Town in London. They now live in Reykjavík with their two young sons.
Read full interview here.
Surrounded by Creativity
Linnea Ahle and Gunnar Þór Gunnarsson met six years ago in east Sweden, where Gunnar played football for the local team, IFK Norrköping. Their romance was a whirlwind one, and the pair had moved in together three weeks after they first met.
When Gunnar moved back to Iceland to complete his studies, Linnea was to follow but got cold feet, and the couple eventually broke up. Eight months later, Linnea decided to take the plunge, leave her home country and start a new life with Gunnar Þór on this barren island in the North Atlantic. A couple of years later she says she is happy and settled in her new home.
Read full interview here.
Mr. and Mrs. Africa
David Bombay met his wife Fjóla Björk Gunnlaugsdóttir in his native Tanzania, East Africa. David has been a professional bodybuilder since 2002 and has been awarded the prestigious title of Mr. Africa twice, once in 2002 and again in 2008. He is a national celebrity in his own country. David and his wife Fjóla are now residing in the town of Akureyri in North Iceland with their newborn daughter Andreana.
Read full interview here.
Small size both a blessing and a curse
Dögg Mósesdóttir and Daniel Schreiber met through a Colombian named Alejandro when they both lived in Barcelona, Spain. Dögg was studying film, while Daniel worked as an English teacher. Alejandro, who was Daniel’s roommate, was studying with Dögg and invited Daniel to tag along to a party she had organized. And the rest is history. The couple now lives in the west side of central Reykjavík with their two-year-old daughter, Ylfa, and a grumpy, old cat named Guðjón. Dögg is a freelance filmmaker as well as the chairman of WIFT in Iceland (Women in Film and Television), and Daniel works as a freelance photographer and musician.
Read full interview here.
