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Icelanders Believe in Elves

Though Jónsdóttir's belief in elves may sound extreme, it is fairly common for Icelanders to at least entertain the possibility of elves' existence. In one 1998 survey, 54.4 percent of Icelanders said they believed in the existence of them.

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