By Staff Vivaldi
April 15, 2024364 views

With the solar now thawing the Nordic a part of the world and an lively volcanic eruption, it’s been an thrilling time at Iceland’s Vivaldi workplace in Seltjarnarnes, a small city close to the capital Reykjavík, which celebrated its fiftieth birthday.

Becoming a member of the celebrations the President of Iceland, Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson additionally visited our Vivaldi workplace. President Guðni and his spouse First Girl Eliza Jean Reid have been on an official journey to Seltjarnarnes and their journey concerned attending to know the group and assembly townspeople of all ages.

Having served 2 phrases as President of Iceland with this one being his final, it was a pleasure to have him go to the workplace and discuss to him about what Vivaldi is, as a browser, and what we stand for as an organization.

However how did this fascinating rendezvous transpire? Our Software program Engineer, Geir Gunnarson meets with the President as soon as every week—within the ocean for a swim!

Geir and First Girl Eliza Jean Reid labored collectively beforehand and have been a part of the climbing membership at their office. Geir gladly reveals, “That is after I received to know President Guðni as a result of he joined a lot of the hikes even when his spouse didn’t.” 

Later, on the chilly water sea-swimming membership that was additionally began, President Guðni was already sea-swimming there! “He’s been an avid swimmer and most lively member for a number of years. He’s been swimming with me and others each Wednesday of the week and he’s all the time proven curiosity for Vivaldi and our CEO Jon, who’s additionally from Seltjarnarnes.”

“President Guðni didn’t wish to miss out on the chance to go to Innovation Home and the Vivaldi workplace for a tour and be taught extra. He additionally needed his delegation to know extra about our browser,” Geir says.

“We talked about how the Vivaldi browser is essentially the most feature-rich browser out there in comparison with others and the way we problem Huge Tech like Microsoft, Google, and Apple,” continues Geir.

It was a pleasure for our groups in Iceland to satisfy President Guðni, First Girl Eliza Jean Reid, and his delegation and we want all of them the most effective of their future endeavors.