20 Fun & Interesting Facts about Iceland
1. The population of Iceland is very small less than 300,000
2. Iceland is the first place that people classified a fox species more than 10000 years old
3. Main export business in Iceland is Fishing
4. Iceland has a couple of most active volcanos on the planet
5. Icelandic horses are breed for their superior performance
6. There are over 300 species of birds located in Iceland
7. The main religion in Iceland is Evangelical Lutheran where over 90% of the population
8. Icelandic high Schools go to the age of 20 years for most School Kids
9. Iceland is in the Guinness book of world records for drinking the most Coca-Cola with such a small population that is an incredible feat
10. The world’s first Republic government was founded in Iceland in 980
11. Iceland has the highest life expectancy of any other country in the world with Life expectancy, at 81.3 years for women and 76.4 for men
12. Most homes in Iceland are powered by Geo Thermal energy
13. James bond filmed a lot of movies in Iceland
14. Iceland is considered part of Europe and is the western most country of Europe
15. Iceland’s energy independence is almost complete with a current total of 70% of the energy resources already in Iceland
16. The first open air parliament was open in Iceland in 900 A.D
17. Iceland was first settled by exploring Vikings in 800 A.D
18. Iceland use to used dried fish as currency until around 1500 A.D
19. Beer was completely illegal in Iceland until 1989
20. Icelandic volcano Helgafell erupted for the first time in 7,000 yrs in January 1973
