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Icelandic Cowboys
Icelandic Cowboys

ICELANDIC COWBOYS

Kúrekar norðursins

Directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Iceland, 1984
Documentary

Synopsis

In the summer of 1984, Iceland’s king of country music, Hallbjörn Hjartarson, arranged the first and only Icelandic cowboy-festival. This celebration of western culture took place in Skagaströnd, a village of 700 inhabitants in the north of Iceland.

Synopsis

In the summer of 1984, Iceland’s king of country music, Hallbjörn Hjartarson, arranged the first and only Icelandic cowboy-festival. This celebration of western culture took place in Skagaströnd, a village of 700 inhabitants in the north of Iceland.