“Isn’t that an oxymoron?” my father-in-law said when I told him I was reviewing Icelandic comedian Ari Eldjárn. I told him the assumption that Nordic people are humorless was unfair and my husband ...

One random comedian, eight random questions: it's the ultimate test of funny person and fate. This week's Nordic wordsmith is Ari Eldjárn, the endearing Icelandic comic whose words are about to be ...

Puncturing his country’s national stereotypes stays just the right side of charming in Eldjárn’s twinkly routine ‘First Icelandic standup on Netflix” may be as hollow a claim as “the most Nobel ...

Deriving his show title from the direct meaning of his name, Icelandic comic Ari Eldjárn's return to Edinburgh is an immediately appealing guide to his homeland, filtered though personal tales and ...

As a wide-eyed, sweet-natured idiot savant making dopey comments from a remote island in the windswept North Atlantic, there’s something of the Father Dougal about Icelandic comedian Ari Eldjarn – and ...

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Check the festival guide in 2018 and you’ll see funny men and women descending upon Melbourne in droves from every corner of the globe. Ari Eldjárn is a comedian from far-flung Iceland. You know, ...

Over 1,000 stand-ups play the Edinburgh Festival Fringe each year, hoping for a big break. Some are already huge names elsewhere. By Alex Marshall EDINBURGH — When Ari Eldjarn, one of Iceland’s most ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. If you are heading along to see Ari Eldjarn this Comedy Festival, I strongly suggest you take someone of Scandinavian descent with you.

It's a nice land, Iceland, full of interesting creative folk who pretty much all know each other - well, in Reykjavik anyway - which all helps foster fruitful collaborations. To be honest we're mainly ...