Stakeholders in the Icelandic horse community developed a strategic marketing plan to increase the awareness, and strengthen the image of the Icelandic horse in international markets. The objective is to make more people aware of the good qualities of the Icelandic...
The Icelandic Horse Association of Australia (IHAA) was formed in 2009 by a small group of Icelandic Horse owners and breeders. The aim was to form a group to facilitate the registration of the Australian bred Icelandic Horses and, to generally promote and protect the...
13 out of 18 FEIF member countries participated in the Delegates' Assembly 2016 in Haarlem, Netherlands. The delegates unanimously elected Inge Kringeland from Norway as the new breeding Leader as Marlise Grimm did not stand for re-election. Silke Feuchthofen,...
Inge Kringeland, NO, was elected as FEIF Director of Breeding following Marlise Grimm. Silke Feuchthofen and Lone Hoeglund were re-elected for two more years. And two members of the Arbitration Council were elected: Jens Iversen, DK and Cosima König, DE.
Marlise Grimm received the FEIF Award at the FEIF Conference 2016. Marlise had been FEIF Director of Breeding for 8 years, she was active as trainer at FEIF YouthCups and a founding member of this FEIF event. Furthermore, she was a member of the FEIF sport committee...
Gleðileg Jól og Farsaelt Komandi ár! Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein glückliches Neues Jahr! Glædelig Jul og godt nytår! Vrolijk Kersfeest en 'n gelukkige nuwe jaar! Gledhilig jól og eydnurikt nýggjár! Hyvää Joulua or Hauskaa Joulua! Onnellista Uutta Vuotta! Joyeux Noël...
The European Parliament hosted a conference on Equine Welfare on October 21, 2015 in Brussels. The reason for the conference was the publication of the report Removing the Blinkers: The health and welfare of European equidae in 2015, which investigates the state of...
The Icelandic rider Þorvaldur Árni Þorvaldsson has been suspended by a decision of the National Olympic Committee and Sports Federation of Iceland to ban the rider based on a positive drug test at the Reykjavíkurmeistaramóti Fáks in May. The rider is suspended for a...
Every year in October FEIF sends out the so-called FEIF membership questionnaire and asks all member associations to complete the questions by end of October. The information asked for concerns statements and figures such as structure of the association, number and...
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...