Meet our teachers
The author, teacher and journalist Hildur Loftsdóttir has lived in 4 different countries for many years and she loves languages. She has been teaching Icelandic for the past 11 years, first in New York and now at the Tin Can Factory in Reykjavik. She also publishes great children books and recently received an award for one of them.
Sigurður Hermannsson is a passionate linguist, polyglot, and Icelandic teacher. Sigurður (or Siggi for ease of pronunciation) wants everybody to have access to the tools they need to learn Icelandic, so he founded and runs icelandicmadeeasier.com, a website where you can find articles on all things Icelandic. When not teaching Icelandic at the library or to private students in his home, Siggi works as a volunteer building an Icelandic dictionary at wordreference.com
Ingunn Hreinberg Indriðadóttir is a linguist and a language teacher. She has worked as an Icelandic teacher at Múltíkúltí and Mímir and before she used to teach Icelandic in Russia, where she lived and studied for five years. Ingunn works at the University of Iceland, where she teaches Russian and linguistics.
For further information:
Martyna Karolina Daniel, Project Manager – Intercultural Affairs
martyna.karolina.daniel@reykjavik.is
Hildur Björgvinsdóttir, project manager of events and education
hildur.bjorgvinsdottir@reykjavik.is