The Lady of the Mountain is the national personification of Iceland.

    She was first depicted in 1752 and is considered to represent all that is genuinely and purely Icelandic, as well as the Icelanders’ wish to become an independent nation. 

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The Lady of the Mountain is the national personification of Iceland.
She was first depicted in 1752 and is considered to represent all that is genuinely and purely Icelandic, as well as the Icelanders’ wish to become an independent nation.