Original sentence: In 1927, some of them were returned and the institute was set up under the name Handritastofnun Íslands (English: "Icelandic Manuscript Institute").In 1972, after most of the manuscripts had been returned to Iceland, the laws concerning the institute were changed.It was an independent institute but had close ties and was administratively associated with the University of Iceland.It was named Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi, but is generally referred to as Árnastofnun.On September 1, 2006, it was merged with four other institutes in Iceland to create a larger institute of Icelandic studies, the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies.The institute contains a number of historically and culturally important manuscripts, amongst them.When Iceland received home rule from the Danish government in 1904, the Icelandic parliament (Alþingi) wanted the Danes to give back the considerable body of manuscripts collected by the 17th-18th century scholar Árni Magnússon
Edited sentence: After Iceland received home rule from the Danish government in 1904, the Icelandic parliament (Alþingi) began to petition for the return to Iceland of at least a significant portion of the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection, the manuscripts and other documents collected in the late 17th and early 18th centuries by the Icelandic antiquarian and scholar Árni Magnússon.Among these are:.In 1927-28 four manuscripts and some 700 charters and other legal documents were returned to the Icelandic National Archives.In 1962 a special institute was set up under the name Handritastofnun Íslands (English: "Icelandic Manuscript Institute").It was administratively associated with the University of Iceland until 1 September 2006, when it merged with four other institutes in Iceland to create a larger independent institute of Icelandic studies, the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies.Ten years later, after the transfer of manuscripts from Copenhagen had begun in earnest, the laws concerning the institute were changed and it was renamed Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi (generally referred to as Árnastofnun).The institute houses a number of historically and culturally important manuscripts, the bulk of them from the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection