26WQ Eurovision Iceland

  The National Identity of Iceland National identity is often described as shared language, stories, and culture. But I also think national identity is highly subjective. A person has to consider themselves a part of that culture for them to actually belong to the culture. This paper uses the following definition of national identity: a shared culture of language, social values, and collective memory that people personally choose to identify with, understood as an “imagined community” built on common history and perceived distinctiveness (Anderson, 1983). Using this idea of national identity, I will cover four core aspects of Iceland’s national identity. its language, its literary tradition, its people’s connection to Iceland’s nature, and its strong sense of social trust and community cooperation. I will also explain how Iceland’s identity has been shaped through contrast with the United States, which has pushed Icelanders to defend what they see as uniquely their own.   ...