Iceland, "kingpin of the Atlantic," is certainly not for sale. If there ever was a possibility that the United States could buy Iceland from Denmark, as Seward hoped, it obviously no longer exists.

In July 1941, the United States took over the occupation of Iceland from the UK until 1944. Denmark was technically still ...

ICELAND.; Rumored Plan for the Annexation of the Island to the United States. Share full article. July 19, 1869.