Abstract
Scandinavia’s North Atlantic outpost was first settled in 874. According to the Landnámabók or ‘book of settlements’, the first to land was Ingólfr Arnarson, who came from Norway to live on the site of present-day Reykjavík. He was followed by some 400 migrants, mainly from Norway but also from other Nordic countries and from Norse settlements in the British Isles.
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Further Reading
Byock, Jesse, Viking Age Iceland. Penguin, London, 2001
Karlsson, G., The History of Iceland. Univ. of Minnesota Press, 2000
Smiley, Jane, (ed.) The Sagas of Icelanders: A Selection. Penguin, London, 2002
Thorhallsson, Baldur, (ed.) Iceland and European Integration: On the Edge. Routledge, London, 2004
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Turner, B. (2010). Iceland. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-58635-6_183
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