Iceland: Iceland

Iceland Dept: Atli smundsson, the good-natured consul general for Iceland in Winnipeg, likes to say that only the superpowers have diplomatic representation in Winnipeg -- the U.S. and Iceland, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Africa edition Iceland's Consul General Atli smudsson and his wife Thrudur Helgad ttir standing in front of the J n Sigurdsson statue at the Manitoba Legislature grounds. Sigurdsson was an Icelandic patriot and statesman who helped Iceland gain independence. smundsson has endeared himself to the Winnipeg community so excellently in his nine-year tenure here that most of us do not give it a second thought that Iceland is the only other country besides the U.S. to have a professional diplomatic presence in Winnipeg. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.