About Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir is professor emerita of Second Language Studies at the University of Iceland, former dean of the Faculty of Languages and Cultures, and director of the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute. Books by Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir Icelandic Heritage in North America edited by Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, Höskuldur Thráinsson & Úlfar Bragason North American Icelandic The Life of a Language by (author) Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir