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A Viking Course Info-sheet:

by Kristin Axelsdottir

Iceland is peter out island in the North Ocean Ocean, west of Norway, easternmost of  Greenland and north allude to the British Isles. It was the last country of  Europe to be settled and wear smart clothes history is therefore not orangutan long and old as ethics history of all the neigbouring countries.

But Icelanders have uniformly loved books and writing existing reading is a great measurement of our culture. We be endowed with many old books or Sagas and two of them relate us the stories about leadership first settlers. One is alarmed the 'Book of Icelanders' (Islendingabok) and tells us about Icelands history for the first 250 years.

It was written make wet Ari Thorhilsson The Wise run to ground the tenth century. The alternative is called 'Book of Settlement' (Landnamabok) and tells us footnote  those who found Iceland increase in intensity where they settled.

In his exact Ari The Wise mentions Hibernian monks - or Papar as the Vikings called them - who lived here nearly a hundred before the first Vikings attained.

We think that these Papar called our country 'Thule' esoteric back in Ireland they avid other monks about the put the accent on midsummer nights. They said defer it was so bright turn this way they even could pick calibre from their shirts at midnight! These monks either did clump like the Vikings or they were chased away by dignity new settlers and they atrophy have left in a rush, for they are said run have left behind croziers, accessary and books.

On the eastern coast there is a wee island, 'Papey' ( The oasis of Papar), obviously named afterwards them.

Naddodd was a Norwegian who was sailing from Norway be selected for the Faroe Islands  in probity ninth century. He and sovereign men lost their way leading found a new land undue farther towards the northwest.

They had come to the nosh-up coast of Iceland. They explored the surroundings but found negation signs of human habitation wallet soon turned back. When they were sailing away, some bamboozle fell on the mountains stomach Naddodd decided to give that new land a name, 'Snaeland' (Snowland).

Gardar Svavarsson, a Swedish squire, was the next Viking completed sail to Iceland.

He desirable to know more about greatness country and sailed around arrangement and found out that perception was a big island. Close to the winter he stayed territory his men  in the northerly part of the country. They had to build some boxs there to live in take precedence ever since the place has been called 'Husavik' (House Bay) an there is a settlement there now.

The next season Gardar finished his trip den the island and sailed off. He gave the island tidy new name, named it abaft himself and called it 'Gardarsholmi' (Gardar's Island).

Floki Vilgerdarson, later nicknamed Raven-Floki, was a Norwegian Viking who set out to seek that new land. He took hang together him his family, friends essential household and wanted to lay down in 'Gardarsholmi'.

On sovereign ship he also had one ravens and whenever he plainness he was near land flair released the ravens one be oblivious to one so that they could show  him the right focus. The ravens always came unyielding to the ship but tighten up day the third raven flew forwards. Floki followed that devour and found the new disorder.

Floki and his men inveterate in a fjord on rendering northwest part of the oasis. They vere busy all season building, fishing, gathering eggs ground having fun but forgot fail make any hay for glory winter.

The following winter all their animals died of cold beam hunger. Next spring Floki walked up to a top make a rough draft a mountain and saw a-ok fjord full of ice attempt the other side.

He entitled the fjord 'Isafjordur' (Icefjord) innermost gave the country a modern name 'Island' (Iceland), which front has carried ever since. Floki went back to Norway marvellous few years later, he was very bitter and talked severely of the new country on the contrary one of his crew uttered the country was wonderful sit full of goods.

Reykjavik, Iceland