Iceland

[dickbarton]

what was Iceland formerly known as?

[gerry]

Are we talking about the shop here?

[ali_alic]

Iceland is now called the Big Food Group - not that helps you at all

[Hippy]

Lydhveldidh Island when it was a Danish dependency. I think some locals still call it that today.

[jenstar]

Bejam. Actually, I think Iceland was a separate chain that took over Bejam, rather than Bejam beoming Iceland of its own accord.

[bernardo]

"Lyðveldið Island" is simply "The Republic of Iceland" in Icelandic. So there is no sense in the statement that "some" locals "still" call it that today; that's just its name. As far as I know, it has always been known as "Iceland" (or "Island" in the Nordic languages) ever since the Vikings discovered it.

By the way, no the question was not referring to the shop - it was referring to the country.

[peanut]

the bedroom