冰岛英文介绍.ppt

Foreign affairs As a?member of NATO?,it is the heart of?Icelands?foreign policy to cooperate?with the United States?and to maintain good relationship with?countries?across the Atlantic??. Foreign affairs The EU is?the largest trading partner?of Iceland。in 1994, Iceland?? joined the European Economic Area,?in 2001,it?became?the Schengen Agreement Member States.? The Republic of Iceland FINISHED BY : SHELDON CATHY The content ?Geography ? Demographics ? History and Culture ? Government And Politics Basic information ? Country Name: The Republic of Iceland ? The Flag: ? The national Emblem: ? The national Anthem: ? Capital: Reykjavik ? The national Bird: Lofsouml;ngur Gyrfalcon Geography Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland, is located in the North Atlantic Ocean just south of the Arctic Circle, which passes through the small island of Grímsey off Icelands northern coast, but not through mainland Iceland. Iceland Demograpgics The number of the nation’s population is 319 ,000?.?Most of them are?Icelanders. The official language is?Icelandic,?English is used as a?common language.?Nearly?85.4%?of?people believe in?the Christian?Lutheran. Language ? The official language is?Icelandic. ? English is used as a?common language. ? Icelanders?use English?more frequently than?the other Nordic?countries.?Icelanders are?always?talent for?learning languages??, many?Icelanders can?also speak?Danish, Norwegian,?German?and many other?languages except English. History ? In the late 8th century, Irish? monks?first?moved to?Iceland.? In the second half of 9th century,? Norway began to?immigrant to Iceland.? In 930, the Federal?Parliament and?Iceland was established?.? ? In 1262, Iceland yielded ?to Norway.? ? In 1380?, Norway?and Iceland are together dominated by?Danish.? In1904,Iceland gained ?an internal?self-government.? History ? On June 16 1944,?the Union of Iceland and Dan was