Ragnhildur Arnorsd
@raggae86
🇮🇸Diplomat at the Embassy of Iceland in Washington D.C. @IcelandinUS
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05-04-2011 16:39:01
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We Iceland in US 🇮🇸 have a great relationship with the congressional delegation of #Maine. Today, our friend Jeff Bennett from Senator Angus King´s office was kind enough to invite me & Ragnhildur Arnorsd into #SenateDiningRoom via underground train for a pre-scheduled meeting. Always a thrill!
8K in good company with colleagues from Iceland in US 🇮🇸 🇮🇸#NationalWomens8K. What a great way to start a rainy Sunday🌧️🏃🏻♀️💪#DC
Yesterday Ambassador Bergdís Ellertsdóttir opened the culture festival Taste of Iceland Denver 🇮🇸🇺🇸 Coohills Restaurant. The stand-up comedian Ari Eldjárn made guests laugh & Axel Flóvent gave a sneak peak for his concert Globe Hall tonight with Arny Margret. Thanks to all who came 🙏🏾
.Ragnhildur Arnorsd from Iceland in US 🇮🇸 supervised early voting in New York Iceland at UN 🇮🇸 this week for the upcoming presidential elections in Iceland 🇮🇸🗳️ here with permanent representative of Iceland at the UN Jorundur Valtysson 🇮🇸
Happy Pride Month 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈 We look forward to marching in the Pride Parade in Washington DC Capital Pride this Saturday along with the Nordic Embassies to celebrate equality & diversity. Come join us! #NordicsForEquality Urban Ahlin, Ambassador of Sweden to USA Embassy of Finland in the US 🇫🇮 Denmark in USA 🇩🇰 Norwegian Embassy in Washington
One highlight for me, during my time in Washington DC, has been participation in Capital Pride in June each year. Its just so much fun! And of course #Iceland and the Nordics have a good record to share & promote so of course we Iceland in US 🇮🇸 was present today. 🇮🇸🏳️🌈
Iceland🇮🇸 ranks number 1⃣ on World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index for the fifteenth year in a row! Gender equality is a driver of economic and social development as well as an important factor in the peace and security agenda. Let’s continue on this path and close the gap!
It’s a wrap. Great pleasure to work with Colorado Energy Office & Colorado Eco Devo & City and County of Denver on the Colorado-Iceland Clean Energy Summit 🙏🏾 We look forward to continued cooperation.
LGBTQI+ rights are a key priority for 🇮🇸 & Bergdís Ellertsdóttir was yesterday invited to partake in a historic event Department of State on LGBTQI+ rights & US foreign policy. The Ambassador spoke on a panel on the importance of civil society partnerships for advancing LGBTQI+ human rights.
At the #NATOSummit with my great friend and colleague Ragnhildur Arnorsd. Hands on deck needed for a week like this in #Washington & the team Iceland in US 🇮🇸 is happy to partake, in all the various aspects of the work.
American Library staff chose The Night Guest by 🇮🇸 author @hildurknuts as their top pick for Adult Fiction & Nonfiction to read in September! Hildur will participate in a Nordic event Library of Congress in Washington DC in September. More info to follow 👀📚
The Nordic embassies in cooperation with Library of Congress invite you to "A Celebration of Nordic Writers" where 5 Nordic authors (including 🇮🇸 @hildurknuts) will talk about their work on Thursday, September 26, at Library of Congress. Get your tickets here: bit.ly/3MCkbBN
We are also excited for the ⚽️ match between Wales 🏴 & Knattspyrnusambandið tomorrow 🏴🇮🇸 🤝 💡Did you know the governments of Iceland & Wales have partnered with OpenAI to support the development of AI in Icelandic & Welsh to preserve & promote these languages in the digital 🌎