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	History of Iceland
		Iceland passed to Denmark in the late 14th century when Norway and Denmark were united under the Danish crown.
		Norwegian Iceland is always referred to in public documents of the fifteenth, and in chronicles of the sixteenth, century as a dominion of the Crown (see Styffe, "Skandinavien under Unionstider," Stockholm, 1880), and at first it retained its constitutional organization.
		The constitution, written in 1874, was revised in 1903, and a minister for Icelandic affairs, residing in Reykjavik, was made responsible to the Althingi.
	www.historyofnations.net /europe/iceland.html (1077 words)

	History of Iceland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		5 Iceland as a Norwegian and Danish vassal
		The settlement of Iceland is thoroughly recorded in the aforementioned Landnámabók, although it should be remembered that the book was compiled in the early 12th century when at least 200 years had passed from the age of settlement.
		The constitution, written in 1874, was revised in 1903, and a minister for Icelandic affairs, residing in Reykjavík, was made responsible to the Alþingi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Iceland (2828 words)

	History and Culture < Iceland.is - Gateway to Iceland
		Iceland was the last European country to be settled, mostly by Norsemen in the 9th and 10th centuries.
		The language and culture of Iceland were predominantly Scandinavian from the outset, but there are traces of Celtic influence in some of the ancient poetry, in some personal names and in the apperance of present-day Icelanders.
		Literature has always been the mainstay of Icelandic culture; other aspects of the national heritage that used to be important in past centuries include manuscript illumination, woodcarving and folk music.
	www.iceland.is /history-and-culture (195 words)

	History of Iceland
		Iceland was settled in the late 9th and early 10th centuries, principally by people of Norse origin.
		Iceland passed to Denmark in the late 14th century when Norway and Denmark were united under the Danish crown.
		Fallout from the Askja volcano of 1875 devastated the Icelandic economy and caused widespread famine.
	infotut.com /geography/Iceland (925 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Iceland
		The breeding of sheep and horses is the principal occupation in Iceland.
		Iceland was colonized in the ninth and tenth centuries by Norwegians who left their native land when Harold Harfagri, forced all Norway to submit to his sway (A.D. Iceland, though politically independent until 1262, remained in close contact with the mother country; its language also remained Norse.
		The history of the Icelandic Church is presented in the "Biskupasoegur" (bishops' sagas), composed for the most part by clergymen and narrating the lives of the first Icelandic bishops.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07615b.htm (4894 words)

	Iceland Naturally Iceland Food and Tourism (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the late tenth century Greenland was discovered and colonized by the Icelanders under the leadership of Erik the Red, and around the year 1000 the Icelanders were the first Europeans to set foot on the American continent, 500 years before Columbus, although their attempts to settle in the New World failed.
		Iceland was settled by Norsemen from Scandinavia and Celts from the British Isles.
		Both the language and culture of Iceland were purely Scandinavian from the outset, but there are traces of Celtic influence in some of the Eddaic poems, in personal and place names and in the appearance of present-day Icelanders who have a higher percentage of the dark and red hair than the other Nordic nations.
	www.icelandnaturally.com /abouticeland.shtml (3377 words)

	History of ICELAND (Site not responding. Last check: )
		From Iceland the Vikings venture even further west to perch on the edge of Greenland, where they are preceded only by the Eskimo.
		The state of Iceland, established on an empty island by disciplined family groups, each with its own clear leader, is like a clean slate on which to establish utopia.
		With the union of the crowns of Norway and Denmark (in the person of the young Olaf IV in 1380), Iceland passes to Denmark, the stronger of the two kingdoms, and with it becomes Lutheran in the 16th century.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac03 (812 words)

	a brief history of iceland
		Iceland was in fact the last European country to be settled, having no native population prior to the arrival of the Irish monks and the Norsemen.
		Icelanders had been emigrating west to North America since 1855, but the first organized journey was undertaken in 1873 when a large group sailed from the northern city of Akureyri.
		Iceland was released from direct Danish rule, making it an independent entity within the Kingdom of Denmark, with Copenhagen retaining responsibility for defence and foreign affairs.
	rhodesian.server101.com /a_brief_history_of_iceland.htm (1477 words)

	Iceland Tourist Board
		Arriving in Iceland, they threw high seats over the edges of their longboats and built their new homesteads where the seats washed ashore, believing that the divine hand of Thor would choose the spot.
		To survive, Icelanders began a covert Cod trade with Britain, only to have the British decide it would be easier to fish Icelandic waters themselves - an act that led to war between England and Denmark in 1469.
		The Republic of Iceland is established at Thingvellir, following a referendum in which 97% of the population voted in favor of cutting ties with the Danish Crown.
	www.goiceland.org /history.html (1212 words)

	The History of Iceland (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Iceland is unique among European societies in having been founded as late as the Viking Age and in having a copious written and archaeological sources about its origin.
		Iceland's renaissance came about with the successful struggle for independence in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and with the industrial and technical modernization of the first half of the twentieth century.
		Gunnar Karlsson is professor of history at the University of Iceland, Reykjavik, and is the author of several textbooks on Icelandic history.
	www.upress.umn.edu /Books/k/karlsson_iceland.html (271 words)

	The History of Iceland (Gunnar Karlsson) - book review
		Gunnar describes the colonization of Iceland, the constitution of the Icelandic Commonwealth, and its attempts to manage honour, revenge and feud through a legal system with no executive — and then the increasing concentration of power and levels of violence, leading to the 1262 treaty by which Iceland was annexed to the kingdom of Norway.
		The use of Icelandic as a church vernacular was a key factor in preserving the language.
		Gunnar gives a brief history of party politics during the period, in which he locates Iceland's four main political parties — the People's Alliance, the Progressive Party, the Labour Party, and the Independence Party —; on a two-dimensional grid, with an isolation-integration axis as well as a left-right one.
	dannyreviews.com /h/Iceland.html (1015 words)

	Iceland
		The national anthem of Iceland was originally composed in 1874 for the millenium celebration of the settlement of Iceland.
		Icelanders also have a fondness for the epic tales of explorers who began their journeys from this country's shores in the 10th century.
		Iceland is one of the largest islands in the North Atlantic, lies between latitude 63°24´N and 66°33´N and between longitude 13°30´W and 24°32´W. Iceland has a total area of 103.000 sq km, or 39.756 sq.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/iceland.htm (904 words)

	History of Iceland
		Just as Iceland was the last country in Europe to be physically born, it was also the last to be settled by man, in the ninth century.
		Sixty years after the country was settled, Icelanders founded a unique way of democracy when they established the first National Parliament in the world which is still functioning and is actually older than the British Parliament.
		Iceland is famous for its Sagas and the old manuscripts, written between the 12th and 14th century.
	www.icelandertours.com /iceland/history-iceland.php (150 words)

	History Of Iceland
		The Viking settlement of Iceland was precipitated largely by internal struggles in Norway, between the barbarian king Harald the Fairhaired and the former rulers.
		Icelanders had been emigrating west to North America since 1855, but the first organized journey was undertaken in 1873 when a large group sailed from Akureyri.
		Iceland was released from Danish rule in 1918, making it an independent state within the Kingdom of Denmark, with Copenhagen retaining responsibility for defence and foreign affairs.
	www.travelnet.is /ABC/about/history.asp (2014 words)

	A short history of Iceland (Site not responding. Last check: )
		From 874 Iceland is inhabited by Vikings from Norway.
		In 1263 Iceland becomes a Norwegian dependency and in 1380 the island becomes as a result of the personal union between Denmark and Norway a Danish posession.
		Iceland is now a parliamentary democratic republic, allways governed by coalition governments of very diverse kind.
	www.electionworld.org /history/iceland.htm (452 words)

	Iceland History & Iceland Culture \| iExplore.com
		Iceland’s most famous political figure of recent times is also a woman, Vigdis Finnbogadottir, who served four consecutive terms as President between 1980 and her resignation in 1996.
		Iceland has historically eschewed membership of the European Union but, since Sweden, Finland and Denmark have joined up, it is Iceland’s opposition to the EU’s fisheries policy of stock management by quotas that is now the decisive influence.
		After a period of high inflation and recession in the 1980s and 1990s, Iceland entered a positive economic period; economic growth in 2003 was at 4 per cent and unemployment at 4 per cent in the second quarter of 2004.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Iceland/History (905 words)

	Iceland - history (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is believed that Iceland was first explored by Irish mnks as early as the 6th century AD.
		Iceland is the only European country to have a written history from its first settlement.
		Iceland's Althing was the first parliament in history.
	www.mindspring.com /~tcomden/travel/iceland/thing.html (266 words)

	Information About Iceland
		Iceland was settled by Norwegian and Celtic immigrants during the late 9th and 10th centuries.
		Iceland is a republic with a written constitution and a parliamentary form of government.
		Iceland was settled by a mixed stock of Norsemen from Scandinavia and Celts from the British Isles.
	www.icelandexport.is /english/about_iceland (329 words)

	Icelandic - History - of Iceland.
		The first people known to have inhabitated Iceland were Irish monks or hermits who came in the eighth century, but left with the arrival of the pagan Norsemen, who systematically settled Iceland in the period 870 - 930 A.D. Iceland was thus the last European country to be settled.
		In the year 1000 Christianity was peacefully adopted by the Icelanders at AlÃ¾ingi, which met for two weeks every summer, attracting a large proportion of the population.
		In the late tenth century Greenland was discovered and colonized by Icelanders under the leadership of Eirik the Red, and around the year 1000 Icelanders were the first Europeans to set foot on the American continent, 500 years before Columbus, although their attempts to settle in the New World failed.
	www.icelandexport.is /icelandexport2/english/about_iceland/history_of_iceland (629 words)

	Iceland - Flag History
		From about 1350 Iceland's arms were on a red field a silver stockfish (a split and dried cod) with a golden crown.
		As Iceland went with Norway in union with Denmark, the Danish flag was used also in Iceland.
		The National Museum of Iceland has the original flag that was flown on Iceland's Independence Day on the 18th of December 1918.
	flagspot.net /flags/is-hist.html (1299 words)

	Iceland Vacation Iceland Travel Tours
		Iceland is an island of 39,756 square miles, about the size of Virginia, with an average height of 500m above sea level.
		The first people known to have inhabited Iceland were Irish monks or hermits who came in the eighth century, but left with the arrival of the pagan Norsemen, who systematically settled Iceland in the period 870 - 930 A.D. Iceland was thus the last European country to be settled.
		In the late tenth century Greenland was discovered and colonized by Icelanders under the leadership of Eirik the Red, and around the year 1000 Icelanders were the first Europeans to set foot on the American continent, 500 years before Columbus, although their attempts to settle in the New World failed.
	www.scantours.com /iceland_a_brief_history.htm (1134 words)

	Iceland: History
		In 1944 an overwhelming majority of Icelanders voted to terminate the union with Denmark; the kingdom of Iceland was proclaimed an independent republic on June 17, 1944.
		Iceland was admitted to the United Nations in 1946; it joined in the Marshall Plan and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
		Iceland extended its fishing limits to 200 mi (320 km) in 1975, which, after more skirmishes with Great Britain, was finally recognized in 1976.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0858727.html (869 words)

	Iceland: Iceland travel info
		Do you want ideas on what to see in Iceland?
		Iceland on the web offers a short description on the major sights in Iceland, such as
		You can also find information on the national parks in Iceland
	iceland.vefur.is /Iceland_travel_info (58 words)

	Iceland History
		The Vikings came to Iceland in the ninth century.
		First under Norwegian rule (1200s) and then under the Danish (1380), Iceland had to wait until 1918 to gain its independence, although it continued to share a king with Denmark.
		The population of Iceland is one of the world's most educated and healthiest; comprehensive social benefits are available to all thanks to the country's Scandinavian-style welfare state.
	www.nationbynation.com /Iceland/History1.html (110 words)

	Iceland, History guide
		Iceland is not only one of the more geologically recent places on earth, it was also amongst the last to be colonized.
		European seafarers may have known that something lay out beyond Scotland as far back as 300 BC, when the historian Pytheas of Marseille wrote about "Ultima Thule" - possibly Iceland - a northern land on the edge of a frozen ocean, where it never became dark in summer.
		It wasn't until considerably later, however, that Iceland was regularly visited by outsiders, let alone settled, and it's still unclear who might have been the first to try.
	www.hotelsrates.net /iceland/pod_dep-c73823.html (128 words)

	Iceland History
		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.
		The Book of Settlements tells that the first to discover Iceland were Vikings that had been blown off course, and that the name Iceland was given by a Norwegian Viking named Floki Vigerdason.
	www.mnh.si.edu /vikings/voyage/subset/iceland/history.html (490 words)

	Royalty.nu - History and Royalty of Iceland - Icelandic Sagas
		Iceland: Land of the Saga by David Roberts, photographs by Jon Krakauer.
		An Icelandic saga which mixes history with wild gothic imagination to dramatize the pagan anarchy of the Viking age.
		Explore Iceland, from the rapids of the Jokulsa A Fjollum river to the active volcanoes, glaciers, and vast expanses of tundra.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/Scandinavia/Iceland.html (697 words)

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