Fjallkona Announcement Brunch, April 17 2016 – Leif Norman photographer

Fjallkona Announcement Brunch, April 17 2016

Leif Norman 9 years ago

Arnason-front — Fjallkona

“The image of the fjallkonan has also been prominent among Vestur Íslendingar in Canada. A woman dressed as the Lady of the Mountain first appeared at the Iceland Days in Winnipeg, Canada in 1924. Here too, the fjallkona has been deployed to promote feminism.” from Wikipedia

April 17 2016 A new Fjallkona is crowned, Gimli, Manitoba

2015 Fjallkona, Linda Sigurdson Collette speaks of the power of the title.

Karen Botting; the Fjallkona for 2016

Hjalmar Hannesson is retiring very shortly, and remarks that the people of Winnipeg and Manitoba have been his career favourites.

Linda assists crowning Karen, the new Fjallkona for 2016.