While Iceland is the second largest inhabited island in Europe,
with only 313,000 inhabitants in 2007, the Icelanders form one of
the smallest independent nations in the world. Around two-thirds of
the population lives in the capital, Reykjavik, and its suburbs,
while the rest is spread around the inhabitable area of the
country. Until fairly recently the Icelandic nation was unusually
homogeneous, both in cultural and religious terms; in 1981, around
98 percent of the nation was born in Iceland and 96 percent
belonged to the Lutheran state church or other Lutheran religious
sects. In 2007, these numbers were down to 89 and 86 percent
respectively, reflecting the rapidly growing multicultural nature
of Icelandic society. The A to Z of Iceland traces Iceland's
history and provides a compass for the direction the country is
heading. This is done through its chronology, introductory essays,
appendixes, map, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced
dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and
institutions and significant political, economic, social, and
cultural aspects.
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