Storytelling Café | The Icelandic Potato, Helgan or „The Helga“.

What is the history of the Icelandic potato? The members of the performing arts group CGFC ask this in their lecture at the new Borgarbókasafn in Úlfarsárdalur.

The performing arts group CGFC did an enormous amount of research for a documentary about the potato, but this year it is 280 years since the first potato was planted into Icelandic soil. In the process, the entrepreneur Helga Gísladóttir from Unnarholtskot finally received recognition, but she cultivated a new variety of potatoes (Helgan or „the Helga“) which received recognition as a premium potato, the only one of the three types of potatoes found in Iceland.

The event is in Icelandic but everyone is welcome!

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Further information:

Unnar Geir Unnarsson, manager: unnar.geir.unnarsson@reykjavik.is

Stella Sif Jónsdóttir, specialist - events and educational programs: stella.sif.jonsdottir@reykjavik.is