News

July 30th, 2010

Icelandic Foreign Minister visits Expo

Foreign Minister of Iceland, H.E. Mr. Össur Skarphéðinsson, visited Shanghai in mid July as part of his official visit to China. During his visit to Shanghai and EXPO, Mr. Össur Skarphéðinsson visited the Iceland and China Pavilions at Expo, answered questions in interviews with CCTV and Reuters and met with the Deputy Mayor of Shanghai Mr. Tang Dengjie.

July 30th, 2010

KK concert in Shanghai

In relation to the visit of a delegation of representatives from the Icelandic Tourism Industry to Shanghai, KK band had a concert in Shanghai last June. The concert was held on the smaller stage of Expo Cultural Centre, which is a gigantic concert centre in the Expo Park. An audience of about 500 people celebrated KK’s performance.

July 30th, 2010

Icelandic film No Network part of the Shanghai International Film Festival

During the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) held in June, a Nordic Section of the festival was inititated by the Nordic Council of Ministers. Icelandic film No Network directed by Ari Kristintsson was the Icelandic contribution to the Festival.

July 19th, 2010

Minister of Industry and Tourism hosts Destination Iceland Day in Shanghai

Ms Katrin Juliusdottir, Minister of Industry and Tourism, recently lead a delegation of Icelandic tourism companies to the World Expo 2010 Shanghai. A series of events was hosted at the Expo Park and in the city of Shanghai.

June 1st, 2010

Iceland pavilion number of guests exceed the population of the whole Icelandic Nation!

Monday the 31st of may, the number of visitors for the Iceland Pavilion Shanghai EXPO hit 317.630 guests, which is the total population of the Icelandic Nation.

June 1st, 2010

Maggie Cheung

Maggie Cheung a world known Chinese actress visited the Iceland Pavilion on the 21^st of May.