At the board meeting beginning of October 2015 the FEIF Board met to prepare the committee meetings 2015, the conference in February 2016 and the Delegates Assembly 2016. Several positions in the FEIF board and committees, all operating on an honorary basis, will be...
FEIF is looking for an energetic and knowledgeable person to join the Board as Director for PR. Responsibilities will include fundraising and sponsorship, publicity and communication merchandising, and developing the FEIF brand. The position is voluntary, but travel...
The descendants of Gunnar Bjarnarson donated a beautiful trophy which has the name 'Kóngur um stund', which translates as 'King for a while' in memory of Gunnar Bjarnarsson´s enterprising and visionary work for the Icelandic Horse. The trophy is formed like the head...
Luxembourg became a member of FEIF in 1991 and has since then participated in each World Championship! For such a small country this is simply great! Luxembourg has at the moment (2014) 37 members, 1 club and 226 registered horses in WorldFengur. 2015 will be the...
Due to major maintenance operations of the FEIF network provider the FEIF website might be out of reach in the night of February 19. We are sorry for the inconvenience!
Einar Öder Magnusson passed away on February 16 - a great horseman, member of the FEIF Arbitration Council for many years, many times rider or (assistant) team leader at World Championships, renowned horse trainer and instructor and known for his focus on good...
Do you know how the FEIF system works? Do you know which committees and working groups FEIF has? The structure is described in the FEIF statutes and the jobs and responsibility documents of each department. Follow the link to get the overview.
Delegates and guests from 12 FEIF member countries participated in the Delegates' Assembly 2015, February 6th 2015 in Copenhagen. All FEIF Board members who were for re-election were (re-)elected for a period of two years. The delegates agreed on editorial changes to...
Dear friends, The Board of FEIF would like to wish you all the best for the new year and we truly hope that 2015 will be a great year for the Icelandic horse and all its friends. 2015 will be an exciting year - large scale events with the highlight, the World...
The Board of the European Horse Network (EHN) already started preparations for the next Horse Group lunch with Members of the European Parliament and new publications: Updated figures of the Horse Industry, leaflets on veterinarian medicines, Horses &Environment and a...
Every year FEIF asks all member countries to complete a questionnaire about the Icelandic horse world in their country. The information gathered ranges from numbers of horses and members to what is done in the different areas of breeding, education, leisure riding and...
From October 24-26, 2014 the FEIF Committee Meetings took place in Malmö and all committees - breeding, breeding judges, education, leisure riding, sport, sport judges and youth - used the weekend for intensive work and preparations in their departments. The time was...
The Board of FEIF has been working with the Task Force on the new rule books for FEIF. A lot of work has been put into this project and the Task Force has done a great job. Version 5 of the new draft rules was sent out earlier this year to all the Member Association...
Landsmót 2014 was held at Hella where around 1000 horses were presented in Gæðingakeppni, tölt, pace and in a FIZO breeding show. Despite a moody weather, around 10.000 guests were there over the weekend watching Spuni frá Vesturkoti ridden by Þórarin Ragnarsson...
The group of experts invited by the Board of FEIF to provide advice on the use of equipment throughout all of FEIF's work had a very successful meeting in Reykjavík from June 24-25, 2014. The majority of the group's members were able to travel from around the world to...
In 2009 the FEIF TaskForce process started with the intention to restructure and update the General Rules and the Specific Rules of the various departments - Breeding, Sport, Education, Gæðingakeppni, Youth and Leisure Riding. The process is still ongoing and at the...
The Board of FEIF has sought the help of a range of professionals in the Icelandic horse community to come to a more comprehensive and well-reasoned set of regulations regarding the proper equipment to use for the training and presentation of Icelandic horses. The...
FEIF is strongly committed to horse welfare and appreciates the development in the member countries to focus on this important topic. Part of FEIF's strategy is an active campaign to minimize all injuries to horses in breeding evaluations and sport competitions. One...