Whats Icelands history?
For a long time, Iceland was entirely uninhabited by humans (which is somewhat odd for an island of its size) and still awaiting discovery; however, in the 9th and 10th centuries, immigrants from Ireland, Scotland and Scandinavia settled the land and officially began its history (though the Irish and Scots are thought to have been family slaves). The Book of Icelanders records that Ingólfur Arnarson, a Norwegian man was the first man to make his home in Iceland. While some records do suggest that Irish monks may have dwelled in Iceland prior to this time, there is no archaeological evidence to support the hypothesis, and so any prior “owners” of the large island remain a mystery. Iceland’s political beginning is best marked by the founding of their general assembly (Alþingi) in 930, at which time the Iceland Commonwealth officially began. It is, in fact, the oldest parliament in the world that is still standing (though it has been through some modifications). Until 1262 Iceland was fre
