The FEIF Award is awarded by the Board of FEIF to persons for their outstanding contribution to the work of FEIF, the Icelandic Horse and the Icelandic Horse community in general. At the FEIF Conference 2020, the awards were given to Doug Smith and Jón Baldur Lorange....
The FEIF Conference 2020 took place in Hveragerði, Iceland and was organized with the great help of the Landssamband hestamannafélaga (LH). As every year, the meetings started with the Annual Delegates' Assembly, the highest authority within FEIF. 13 out of 19 FEIF...
Another day, another year, and Advent is already here. I wonder what the old year brought, what joys you found, what battles you fought? Did you take up the challenge, and rode 'Back to Berlin'? FEIF's virtual ride which invites everyone in? Ride out from home, every...
Thank you to all of you for your contribution, time and efforts. All the participation in voluntary work around FEIF and the member association is a task that is done out of pure interest and passion. The International Volunteer Day (IVD) on 5 December was designated...
End of November 2019 the first FEIF examiner seminar took place in Sweden with the aim to bring together examiners of trainer examinations in the FEIF member countries for an international exchange regarding trainer examinations, contents, procedures and assessments....
Horses of Iceland was very busy participating in shows, forums, courses and introducing novelties in horse tourism. Among the main activities was the stand at the Equine Affaire which was held in West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA in November and the programme...
The deadline for applications from young people (20-26) has now passed, and the FEIF Board is delighted to announce that we have some outstanding applications. Two excellent candidates will join the Sport and the Breeding committee in February at the annual FEIF...
FEIF is managed by the FEIF Board that deals with all current business except for items specifically reserved for the decision of the Delegates' Assembly. The Board consists of the President, the Directors of the Departments and additionally 1-3 board members may be...
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.