1. Iceland History (the S.c.nordic FAQ) The Nordic FAQ Frequently Answered Questions in the Usenet newsgroup soc.culture.nordic. http://www.lysator.liu.se/nordic/scn/faq53.html

The home pages for the Usenet newsgroup soc.culture.nordic [ This page was initially edited in a version suitable to get printed [ Check if Lysator's faster www-server is up and running? ] Iceland Iceland history Subject: 5.3 History Þingvellir where the Alþing was held 5.3.1 A chronology of important dates circa 800 Irish explorers discover Iceland. Iceland received its first inhabitants from Norway (prior to that, some Celtic colonies had existed in Iceland) as Ingólfr Arnarson arrives in Reykjavík. Thingvalla or Þingvellir Where the Alþing was held The Icelandic parliament, "Althing", had its first meeting. The Alþing is the oldest parliamentary system still operating in Europe. Eiríkr (Eric) the Red discovers Greenland after being ordered out of Iceland by the Alþing due to manslaughter. He sail away from Iceland bound for Greenland together with many families willing to settle on Greenland. Christianity adopted as the new religion. Leifr Eríksson ("Leif The lucky") discovers North America and names it Vínland. The old Scandinavian sagas were written down in Iceland. Snorri Sturluson, a nobleman, historian and poet, writes (or is believed to have written) the

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3. Iceland Travel Information | Lonely Planet Destination Guide History. Iceland s first inhabitants were Irish monks, who regarded the island as a sort of hermitage until the early 9th century. http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/europe/iceland/history.htm

@import "/worldguide/css/dmStyle.css"; @import "/worldguide/css/dmStyle_structure.css"; @import "/worldguide/css/dmStyle_theme.css"; worldguide shop thorn tree forum travel services ... travel links Explore Iceland Iceland From the Midnight Sun to the Northern Lights with some hot mud in between. More Places Check out our other destinations: Within Iceland Reykjavik View Map Click here Feature Attraction Skaftafell National Park Skaftafell offers unparalleled access to the stunning scenery of southeast Iceland, where icecap... more > WORLDGUIDE Introduction See Image Gallery Events Transport Money Essential Info RELATED Thorn Tree Forum Postcards Travel Links At a Glance Fast Facts The country with the chilly name is rapidly becoming one of Europe's hottest destinations. Much of Iceland's popularity is due to its natural features, which include glaciers, hot springs, geysers, active volcanoes, portentous peaks and vast lava deserts. In addition to its expansive landscape, it has a rich history and folklore tradition. However, Iceland's appeal is tempered by the most expensive prices in Europe. That doesn't mean it can't be visited on a shoestring, but it does mean that budget travellers will have to work a little harder. Factoid Let's Keep It Simple Only about 10% of Icelanders have family names, and the government is trying to phase them out by forbidding people taking on a new family name or adopting a spouse's family name. Icelanders use a patronymic naming system - girls take their father's name with the suffix

4. Embassy Of Iceland - History Of Iceland Provides highlights of the history and culture of the land. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

5. Iceland.org - The Icelandic Foreign Service Iceland's diplomatic missions. Austria (Embassy) Belgium (Embassy) Canada (Embassy) China (Embassy) Denmark (Embassy) European Union (Embassy) http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

6. South Iceland - Iceland History A brief summary of Iceland s history. Since then, that day has been Iceland s national independence day. See also Milestones in Iceland s history. http://www.south.is/history.html

Click the image to visit "Postcards from Iceland" - a collection of historic Icelandic photographs. Recommended reading: Iceland: Land of the Sagas A brief summary of Iceland's history Old Icelandic manuscript 330 B.C. An explorer named Pytheas sailed north from Marseille (France) to discover how far the world would reach that way. He navigated the British Isles and the northern seas. He told tales of an island that he named Thule or Ultima Thule which he either learned about from others or found himself. This island was 6 days north of Britain and 1 day away from "the end of the world". On his return he wrote his travel journal that is long lost but is quoted in several other more recent books. This island was possibly Iceland. 9th century. The first geography document that describes the Northern seas was written by an Irish monk, named Dicuil, early in the 9th century. The book was called De mensura orbis terrae and in it he describes his interviews with Irish priests, papas, that claimed they had sailed north to Thule and lived there from February to August. They say that during middle of the summer they never lost the light of day and could "pick lice of shirts". The papas confirmed Pytheas' story that after a days journey north of the island they came upon "frozen sea". Dicuil was the first man to locate Thule on the isolated island that later became known as Iceland, the island was known in Ireland late in the 8th century. His accounts (and later researches) claim no inhabitants before the Irish visits. The Irish monks left Iceland soon after the Vikings started their own settlement in Iceland around the year 900 it seems, but if they stayed they were totally ignored and without influence. The Viking settlement of Iceland was largely due to internal struggle in Norway between the barbarian king Harald the Fairhaired and the former rulers.

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8. Natural History Of Iceland Natural History of Iceland Site Iceland birds entries start Iceland plants entries start landscape photo's of Iceland http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

9. Iceland: History The History of Iceland.(Review) (Scandinavian Studies). Iceland facing biggest game in its soccer history (AP Worldstream). Iceland Fact File Explore http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0858727.html

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11. Iceland History History The North Atlantic islands seem to have been of only passing concern If this is a reference to Iceland, how does an Irish monk writing 50 years http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/voyage/subset/iceland/history.html

The North Atlantic islands seem to have been of only passing concern to the centers of power in Europe, so very little historic documentation exists about their settlement. One early 9th century Latin text describes North Atlantic islands that may be the Faeroes and perhaps Iceland. Thankfully, two Icelandic documents detail the early settlement of Iceland. One, the Book of the Icelanders , was written between A.D. 1122 and 1133 while the Book of Settlements might have been written in the 12th century, but is only attested to from the 13th century. In all of these documents, it is apparent that the Vikings were not alone in their interest in these islands, and that early settlers came from the British Isles as well, and some attribute the discovery and settlement of the Faeroes and Iceland to the Celts. Faeroe Islands [Enlarge] Dicuil Around A.D. 825, an Irish monk named Dicuil wrote a book, Liber de Mensura Orbis Terrae , (Measure/description of the sphere of the earth) in which he states, " [A] set of small islands, nearly all separated by narrow stretches of water; in these for nearly a hundred years hermits sailing from our country, Ireland, have lived. But just as they were always deserted from the beginning of the world, so now because of the Northman pirates they are emptied of anchorites, and are filled with countless sheep and very many diverse kinds of seabirds." The physical description of these islands fits the Faeroes well, as does the name, which means Sheep Islands. It seems likely that the Irish had reached the Faeroes first, and that the Vikings came to these lands after raiding and trading in the Western Isles, instead of by accident as the sagas suggest.

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13. History Of Iceland - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia The treaty ended the bloodiest period in Icelandic history, which began in 1220 when Iceland s 1100 Years History of a Marginal Society. London. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Iceland

History of Iceland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Contents Early history Age of settlement (874-930) Commonwealth (930-1262) Iceland as a Norwegian and Danish vassal ... edit Early history Iceland is, in geological terms, a young island. It started to form about 20 million years ago from a series of volcanic eruptions on the Mid-Atlantic ridge . The oldest rock samples found in Iceland date back 16 million years. The Iceland hotspot is likely partly responsible for the island's creation and continued existence. Iceland remained one of the world's last larger islands uninhabited by humans. It has been suggested that the land called Thule by the Greek merchant Pytheas was actually Iceland although it seems highly unlikely considering Pytheas' description of it as an agricultural country with plenty of milk, honey, and fruit. There is some literary evidence that Irish monks had settled in Iceland before the arrival of the Norse . However, there is no archaeological evidence to support such settlement. The 12th century scholar Ari žorgilsson wrote in his book

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16. Al Ingi - Althingi's Homepage Parliament of Iceland. History, working information, sessions, and pictures. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

17. Iceland: History History. Settlement and Subjection. Iceland may be the Ultima Thule of the ancients. Irish monks visited it before the 9th cent., but abandoned it on the http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0858727.html

Home U.S. People Word Wise ... Homework Center Fact Monster Favorites Hurricane Katrina Ramadan Children Inventors The Doctor's In ... 2006 TFK Almanac Reference Desk Atlas Almanacs Dictionary Encyclopedia ... Site Map Sponsored Links TripAdvisor Iceland (Europe) Encyclopedia Iceland History Settlement and Subjection Iceland may be the Ultima Thule Harold I Olaf I , although paganism seems to have survived for a time. These events are preserved in the literature of 13th-century Iceland, where Old Norse literature reached its greatest flowering. (Modern Icelandic is virtually the same language as that of the sagas.) Politically, Iceland became a feudal state, and the bloody civil wars of rival chieftains facilitated Norwegian intervention. The attempt of Snorri Sturluson Aresson ; the Reformation brought new intellectual activity. The 17th and 18th cent. were, in many ways, disastrous for Iceland. English, Spanish, and Algerian pirates raided the coasts and ruined trade; epidemics and volcanic eruptions killed a large part of the population; and the creation (1602) of a private trading company at Copenhagen, with exclusive rights to the Iceland trade, caused economic ruin. The private trade monopoly was at last revoked in 1771 and transferred to the Danish crown, and in 1786 trade with Iceland was opened to all Danish and Norwegian merchants. The exclusion of foreign traders was lifted in 1854. National Revival The 19th cent. brought a rebirth of national culture (see

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20. ICELAND History of Scouting and current status of national Scouting organizations. http://n2zgu.50megs.com/ICE.htm

Free Web Site Free Web Space and Site Hosting Web Hosting Internet Store and Ecommerce Solution Provider ... High Speed Internet if(window.ivnRotate) window.ivnRotate1 = new window.ivnRotate('ivnRotate1',0,document.awsSearch1.Keywords) Popular Searches: SCOUTING IN ICELAND ICELANDIC BOY AND GIRL SCOUT ASSOCIATION Guiding commenced in 1922 as the YWCA established a group of Girl Guides on July 7th that year. As Iceland became an independent Kingdom in personal union with Denmark in 1918, it was possible for Icelanders and Icelandic associations to join international organizations. One of the first Associations of the new Kingdom to do this, was the Boy Scout Association, which joined the World Movement in 1924. The Icelandic Girl Guides joined the WAGGGS in 1928. Icelandic scouts have been present at all International Jamborees since Ermelunden 1924. Icelandic scouts have been very active in international Scouting, working together with the Nordic countries, effective in the preparation of the Nordjamb 1975 (World Scout Jamboree in Norway), and participating in annual program prepared by the Nordic Scout Council. National Jamborees have been an integral part of Icelandic scouting starting in 1925. Ever since the National Jamboree has been an interesting event at first every 4th year and now a triennial event.

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