The 2019 October meetings took place in Haarlem (Netherlands), where the members of all FEIF committees (breeding, education, leisure riding, sport and youth work) met to discuss and prepare proposals, changes and events for the current and next FEIF year. In addition...
When FEIF was formed in 1969 the establishment of an international competition was one of the founding goals. The European Championships, first held in 1970, did not only necessitate the creation of competition rules and tests; it also demanded regulation of the...
FEIF committees are the expert groups supporting the head of each FEIF department - breeding, education, leisure riding, sport and youth work. Decisions, changes and proposals are prepared, questions relevant for all FEIF member countries are discussed and much more....
In all walks of life, those involved with young people know that the new generation does things differently: they use a different language, they engage with different media, and most of all, young people everywhere are striving to do things better. Youth work is...
So, what is the role of the FEIF Sport Department? The most visible aspect is the FEIF Rules and Regulations book. Holding together the many and varied performances that can be shown by horse and rider, and can be judged for the development of skill and the enjoyment...
More than any other department, the leisure portfolio shows up both the strengths and the challenges faced by the ambitious project that is FEIF, and our stated mission of: uniting people in their passion for the Icelandic horse. It is (relatively) easy to bring...
The ambitious project undertaken by the FEIF Education Department was to find a system which would allow the seamless mutual recognition of qualifications for instructors across all member nations. FEIF has neither means nor the wish to enforce a unified education...
So, there it is, your wonderful Icelandic horse, happily grazing away, and gradually disappearing out of vision, because the grass is always greener just that little bit further ahead. What does FEIF have to do with it? The names and ID of your horse are only but one...
The board of FEIF has decided to honor a very special person, by granting the FEIF award to Susanne Fröhlich, during the presentation of the book 50 years of FEIF. Susanne Fröhlich has been a long standing member of our community. She started riding on Icelandic...
Agnar Snorri Stefánsson received a warning for unacceptable behaviour against the judging panel during the breeding show Kåring 2 in Herning (DK), June 23, 2019.
The second of a two-part feature on the Icelandic horse for FEI Equestrian World is live now. Equestrian World recently featured a video on the incredible Icelandic horse, the programme is broadcast on FEI TV that has a global reach of over 238 million. The cameras...
The FEIF Rules and Regulations 2019 are now online and available for download. The department versions for breeding, education, sport and youth can be found on the documents page of each department. All Rules and Regulations are valid as of April 1, 2019.
The first of a two-part feature on the Icelandic horse for FEI Equestrian World is live now. The programme is broadcast on FEI TV that has a global reach of over 238 million.This is one of the biggest promotions for the Icelandic horse to date. Entitled 'Little...
The FEIF Conference 2019 took place in Berlin, Germany and was organized with the great help of IPZV, the German Icelandic Horse association. As in previous years, the FEIF Conference started with the Annual Delegates' Assembly, the highest authority within FEIF. 14...
The year 2019 will be a special year for FEIF as we are now 50 years old and will be celebrating this during the big event of the year, the World Championships in Berlin. More information will follow. But for now, and wherever you are, we wish you: Happy New Year Godt...
The days are cold, the nights are long, From far away I hear a song: Horses munching in the stable, Happy laughter around the table. The FEIF community knows no rest, Surely, next year will be the best. The YouthCamp in Iceland, the WM in Berlin, Where else we will...
According to legend, the 13 Yule Lads (or 'jólasveinar' in Icelandic) are the offspring of an awful child-eating ogress called Grýla and her good-for-nothing husband Leppalúði. Originally, at Yuletide, the Yule Lads came to town to steal food and terrorize children....
And to find us on instagram..... our name is 'feiforg'. To launch the new initiative, we will start with a Icelandic horse community-based advent calendar. The theme is 'Memories of 2018', and this is how it works: send your favourite horse memories to...