Rufus was the first king of Iceland who came from the common household of Vodastorthus. Not very bright he never could get his name right, always writing Rufus IIII instead of Rufus IV. Rufus is remembered as a good and noble king and in the spirit of his memory the people of Iceland celebrate Rufus-day. On that day all the people of Iceland move for a day out of their snow-manors and into the old snowhouses they used to live in before oil was found in the sea around Iceland. It's a day loved by icelanders and foreign people alike and many turist travel around the world to participate in this fun and family friendly holiday and in recent years cases where people freze to death during the night have been reduced by a huge amount. Last year only one american woman and a dutch man died, plus some other people but they weren't dutch or american and therefore aren't the concern of icelanders..