The FEIF YouthCup 2020 will take place 18-26 July, in Vilhelmsborg, Denmark. It is a week-long international event for riders aged 14-17 years, and consists of 3 days intensive training, followed by a 3-day competition. Participants are placed in international teams...
The first FEIF Riders' Camp will be hosted by the Norwegian members association Norsk Islandshestforening (NIHF) and will take place in the beautiful mountains in the center Norway, an amazing and wonderful highland region in the mountainous wilderness! In 2020, the...
For the first time since the FEIF Leisure Riding Department was created 18 representatives from 12 FEIF member countries participated in this annual meeting which shows that there is growing interest in this topic in our Icelandic horse community. The agenda included...
The participants of the FEIF education leader meeting had a very good and constructive meeting with fruitful discussions around different educational matters within the countries. Topics reached from general advice and exchange about the set up and Organisation of...
The Annual Breeding meeting 2020 was well attended and all countries present at the Conference 2020 sent a representative to the meeting. John Siiger Hansen stepped down from the breeding committee after 23 years of working within the FEIF breeding committees and the...
In the FEIF Youth Work Meeting, representatives from 11 FEIF member countries discussed matters ranging from specifics, such as this year's FEIF Youth Cup (18-26th July, hosted by Denmark), or the next FEIF Young Leaders' meeting (22-24th January 2021) to broad...
A large group of national sport leaders and representatives from the national associations as well as the FEIF sport committee had discussions on a long list of agenda items. Hulda Gústafsdóttir and Markus Karrer were reelected as sport committee members. As Alexandra...
The Annual Chairpersons had a very constructive meeting and the topics ranged from the future of World Championships, the structure of the FEIF committees, and the harmonization of the equipment within FEIF. These topics were first discussed in smaller groups of mixed...
The award 'FEIF Youth Country of the Year 2019' was given to Austria. Each year, FEIF awards a trophy to the country that showed a lot of innovation, or created new energy, or turned good ideas into real events in the field of national Youth Work. Judging is based on...
In 2019 FEIF invited all member countries again to nominate candidates for the best FEIF instructor/trainer. The voting period was then open in January 2020 and at the FEIF Conference 2020 it was officially announced: Suzan Beuk from Germany. Congratulations!!! Suzan...
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...
It is now almost three decades since the adventure of the consecutive versions of the Fengur family began: first with the original Fengur, then came Islandsfengur and VeraldarFengur and finally, with the launch of WorldFengur in the year 2001. When Fengur opened in...
'Hello Hella' is the name of the 2020 FEIF Virtual Ride to Landsmót at Hella and all through the winter, Icelandic horse riders are quietly adding more and more km to their personal ride from home, wherever that is, to Hella, the location of 2020 Landsmót, in Southern...
Landsmót hestamanna will be held 6-11 July 2020 in Hella and as you know, it is all about the best Icelandic horses performing their talents Gaedingakeppni, tölt, pace and breeding shows. But Landsmót is also about meeting and making friends, enjoying riding, walking...
The FEIF Breeding Ringmaster seminar 2020 will be organized from April 18-19, 2020 in Gardermoen, Norway. The seminar is for experienced ringmasters or breeding judges, who shall be sent and signed in by their associations or national breeding leaders. Topics for...
The deadline for submitting national reports is 15th January and the award is given annually to the national association that has been unusually active, innovative and support of youth work at national and at regional level. Introducing children to the world of the...
We are excited to announce the nominees for the Trainer/Instructor of the Year 2019! Six well-known, active trainers/instructors from Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Switzerland, and the United States. Voting is open to everyone from now until January 13, 2020....