A lot changed in Iceland during

because a lot of

and

soldiers occupied the island. The first group of soldiers arrived in

on

and then in Akureyri on

. A lot of Icelandic women got into relationships with these soldiers and the period where as many foreign as Icelandic men were living in Iceland is known as

where over

Icelandic women married foreign men.

The children of these relationships were called

and lots of women were accused of

their country.

Swimming increased dramatically during this period although the first proper pool was built in Reykjavík in

.This was because Icelanders recognised the need to teach people how to

because, from the years

,

Icelanders had drowned at sea despite that in

swimming lessons were organised

and in 1824

was recognised as the first swimming club in Iceland.

In the folktale Sálin hans Jóns míns, the old woman goes to heaven and insults three religious figures. The first on is

Sankti Pétur

and she accuses him of

denying his master

, the next one is

Sankti Páll

and she accuses him of

punishing God and good men

. The last is the best of all and she is insults

María mey

by saying that she had a child but could not identify

the father

.