Soldiers and Other Monsters: the Allied Occupation in Icelandic Fiction

• Published in: Scandinavian-Canadian Studies
• Main Author: Daisy L. Neijmann
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: University of Alberta Library 2016
• Subjects: History of Northern Europe. Scandinavia; DL1-1180; Language and Literature; P; The Soldier; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.29173/scancan121; https://doaj.org/article/360ff81176e242febb8923ff041340c0

ABSTRACT: Wars and arms long remained a foreign phenomenon in Iceland until the country was occupied by Allied forces during WWII. Although the occupation was a “friendly” one and the army brought unprecedented wealth to the country, the presence of a foreign military was objectionable and distressi...