Icelandic weddings today still observe some traditional customs, such as seating by gender and the high table.
Wedding feasts would commence over a number of days, depending on the status and wealth of the respective families.
Offices of magistrates generally have very little room for guests but some do perform the ceremony at a location of the couple's choosing.
In the meantime, the invited guests make their way to the location of the reception and place their gifts on a designated table.
The bride tosses her bouquet over her shoulder to the assembled unmarried women; the woman who catches it, superstition has it, will be the next to marry.