An update: I was unable to find much in the way of oral tobacco, at least stuff I can’t get in the US. The Danish Pipe Shop only had Oliver Twist for smokeless, though I was very happy with their selection of pipe and cigarette rolling tobaccos that are hard or impossible to find in the US, even if the “plain” packaging laws are a drag for the cigarette stuff! The pipe tobacco has more aggressive warning labels (dip/snuff-style for Americans) than in the US, where we have very unobtrusive, cigarette-style labels. It is taxed to hell too, but non-EU citizens can get the VAT refunded at a kiosk at the airport.
I ended up not trying to order any snus, as the few remaining shops that ship snus to the US generally do not go in for the “manufacturer recommendations” or…other…issues…on selling certain brands to the US market, so there is not much in the way of snus that cannot be found in the States, at least not on the EU online vendors’ shelves.
As for Iceland, I preordered a large stack of néftobak horns and a couple bottles of brennivin, the famous herb-flavored aquavit of Iceland. Got a receipt, order number, and everything. Then, when I got to the duty free on my way home, it was cordoned off! I checked their website and to my shock, I found that it had been deactivated in the interim. Apparently the duty free “provider” company is out of business and the new company has not moved in yet. Kind of a drag, but I got a bunch of Amber Leaf at the US duty free and some hard-to-find tobaccos and liquor in Denmark, so I guess I can’t complain.
Visiting family was nice too, I guess