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- Privately run culture house in Borgarnes
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Sigríður Guðmundsdóttir and Kjartan Ragnarsson founded the Settlement Centre museum Landnámssetur in the town of Borgarnes in western Iceland six years ago. It was to be financed with fees, public funding and loans. The municipality was generous and the state promised to make small contributions for several years into the future. But then the Icelandic economy crashed. The public funding disappeared and Sigríður and Kjartan were forced to borrow money from the bank. Today they are turning a profit - with no state or municipal contribution. Landnamsmuseum has a restaurant and a hall for theatre and smaller shows. It is now popular to go to see a play at Borgarnes.
The company employs seven permanent staff and several evening and weekend staff. Some 30 people work there during summer.
- 800 film workers in Iceland
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Several international film studios have sent teams to Iceland in 2012. The turnover for the film industry has increased from 163m Swedish kronor (€19m) in 2010 to 543m Swedish kronor (€63m) in 2012. The number of workers has increased from 300 in 2010 to 800 in 2012.
Spokesman for the film producers, Hilmar Sigurðsson, has noted six major international film projects in Iceland during 2012. One example is the TV series Game of Thrones and the films Thor 2, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty with Ben Stiller and Noah with amongst others Russell Crowe and Emma Watson.
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