{"id":1432,"date":"2010-07-06T13:11:11","date_gmt":"2010-07-06T13:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2010-07-06T13:25:48","modified_gmt":"2010-07-06T13:25:48","slug":"iceland-part-2-the-vikings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/iceland-part-2-the-vikings\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland part 2 (The Vikings)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some scholars say that the first ever settlers on Iceland were monks\u00a0from Scotland (as early as in the second half of the\u00a07th century). However, if it was so they must have left when the Vikings arrived around 874. The first settler who\u00a0was named was a Norwegian settler Ing\u00f3lfur Arnarson who came with his family to Iceland.\u00a0Another of the earliest settlers was Eric the Red who was an explorer. He came also from Norway.\u00a0His family had\u00a0to leave the country because of manslaughter. We remember Eric as the man who explored Greenland and New Foundland and Labrador (in\u00a0Old Norse language: Vinland)\u00a0for the first time but from the Icelandic sagas<\/strong> (tales) we know that there must have been other Norse settlers who tried it before him. The Icelandic language is a “preserved” variant of the Norse language that was spoken throughout in Northern Europe that time. However, it is a myth that Icelanders would be able to read the old sagas. But here is\u00a0the beginning and how it started\u00a0from a more authentic person in the following video (the quality is not the best because it was way too dark in this old Viking hut but the sound is satisfactory, just\u00a0turn up the volume).<\/p>\n