These days, Mr. Grant resides in Reykjavik, Iceland, where his latest album was recorded.
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Reykjavik District Court's decision overturns an earlier rejection of the name by Icelandic authorities.
The first tree in Reykjavik was planted in 1884 and now the city is relatively green.
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President Reagan was, I believe, deliberately and cunningly tempted by the Soviets at Reykjavik.
Some in Brussels suspect the mackerel issue is being used in Reykjavik to stoke anti-EU sentiment.
Fifteen years ago, Ronald Reagan traveled to Reykjavik, Iceland, for his second summit meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev.
But the minister in Reykjavik says the blame for overfishing cannot be laid solely at their feet.
From an international perspective, Berlin, Tokyo, London and Reykjavik all seemed to pop up on several online lists.
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This year the airport will add new long haul nonstops to and from Tokyo, Mexico City and Reykjavik.
There are already two large smelters on the east of the island, providing substantial employment around the capital Reykjavik.
Another hot political debate is over the continuing drift of rural Icelanders, especially the young and educated, to Reykjavik.
It is the most eye-catching piece of nuclear theatrics since Ronald Reagan squared up to Mikhail Gorbachev in Reykjavik.
But nestled in Reykjavik, DeCode has been slow to partner with pharmaceutical companies.
Last year China Daily noted that Nubo was planning a Reykjavik poetry forum and starting a China-Iceland Culture Fund.
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Yet this week's meeting in Reykjavik was different and not just because signs were emerging of another flight-grounding Icelandic ash cloud.
But the price quickly rose once again, and late Tuesday morning in Reykjavik, the capital, Iceland's blue chip index was down 4.6%.
Chalk it up to the initiative of one man, a 6-foot-5 Viking named Kari Stefansson, who founded DeCode Genetics Inc. in Reykjavik two years ago.
Equant's main selling point is its reach, with service personnel in 145 countries, including remote places like Damascus, Syria and Reykjavik, Iceland.
One answer may be to move some government agencies away from Reykjavik.
The house on Grettisgata Street, in Reykjavik, is a century old, small and white, situated just a few streets from the North Atlantic.
Unable to land government grants for his proposal to study Icelanders' genetics, Stefansson left Harvard and founded DeCode Genetics in Reykjavik in 1996.
DeCODE Genetics, based in Reykjavik, Iceland, today is launching a new service that that it says will provide a detailed personal genetic profile.
Finally in 1999 a Reykjavik judge ruled that the sale was invalid because Ingimarsson did not have the authority to sell the company.
" Iceland is probably one of the best places to see the northern lights, " said Reykjavik tour guide Arni Magnusson of AM Tours.
Even the famously stunning Blue Lagoon, just outside of Reykjavik, is a manmade pool originally built to hold wastewater from the adjacent geothermal electricity plant.
Too often in the past, as at the Reykjavik summit, such an approach has proven to be a highly risky one for U.S. interests.
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Eva Maria Thorarinsdottir, marketing manager of Reykjavik's Elding Whale Watching, says minke whales were much friendlier before hunting resumed, but now they avoid ships.
Chalk it up to the initiative of one man, towering Viking named Kari Stefansson, who founded DeCode Genetics Inc. in Reykjavik two years ago.
We talked with native Icelanders, experienced the art, culture, and music scene in Reykjavik, and engaged in diverse outdoor activities, from caving to sea kayaking.
Until April, Reykjavik and much of northern Europe are forecast to be treated to some of the best showings of the Aurora Borealis in history.
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