Icelandic girl wins right to use her name

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press • Blaer Bjarkardottir, 15, left, and her mother, Bjork Eidsdottir, are photographed outside a court building in Reykjavik. Blaer Bjarkardottir brought legal action against the Icelandic government to allow her to use her name, which is not on the list of 1,853 government-appro...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland—A 15-year-old Icelandic girl has been granted the right to legally use the name given to her by her mother, despite the opposition of authorities and Iceland’s strict law on names.

Reykjavik District Court ruled Thursday that the name “Blaer”...

Published: 02/03/2013