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Jan 1, 1200
Ari Frodi
A well respected priest named Ari the Wise Thorgilsson compiled the Book of the Icelanders in the early 12th century -
settlers Iceland
The history of Iceland is a long and adventurous saga filled with many transitions and discoveries. The settlement of Iceland is generally believed to have begun in the second half of the 9th century, when Norse settlers migrated across the North Atlantic. The reasons for the migration may be traced to a shortage of arable land in Scandinavia, and civil strife brought about by the ambitions of the Norse king Harald the Fair-haired. Unlike Britain and Ireland, Iceland was unsettled land, and coul -
The first settler
The first settler was Ingólfur Arnarson, who settled in Reykjavík -
Althingi
In the year 930 the settlers established their central parliment or þing. It was given the name Alþing which simply means the central parliment. -
First settlers in Iceland
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Period: to Jan 1, 1200
Settlement of Iceland
