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Icelandic National Day, celebrates the independence of Iceland from Kingdom of Denmark in 1944.
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Icelandic National Day
National holiday in Iceland commemorating independence from Denmark (17 June 1944)
Icelandic National Day is an annual holiday in Iceland which commemorates the foundation of The Republic of Iceland on 17 June 1944. This date also marks the end of Iceland's centuries-old ties with Denmark. The date was chosen to coincide with the birthday of Jón Sigurðsson, a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Iceland
Island country in the Atlantic Ocean
Iceland is a Nordic island country between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Europe and North America. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the region's westernmost and most sparsely populated country.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Danish Realm
Sovereign state
The Danish Realm, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, or simply Denmark, is a sovereign state consisting of a collection of constituent territories united by the Constitutional Act, which applies to the entire territory. It consists of metropolitan Denmark—the kingdom's territory…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)