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1. From 700 to 750 people belonging to the Late Dorset Culture move into the area around Smith Sound, Ellesmere Island and Greenland north of Thule. 2. Norse settlement of Iceland starts in the second half of the 9th century. 3. Norse settlement of Greenland starts just before the year 1000. 4. Thule Inuit move into northern Greenland in the ...
978: Snæbjörn galti Hólmsteinsson becomes the first Norseman to intentionally navigate to Greenland. 982: The Norwegian-Icelandic viking known as Eric the Red is banished from Iceland. He sails off and sights the island. He decides to name it Greenland to make the island appear more attractive. 986: Norse Settlement of Greenland begins.
1. From 700 to 750 people belonging to the Late Dorset Culture move into the area around Smith Sound, Ellesmere Island and Greenland north of Thule. 2. Norse settlement of Iceland starts in the second half of the 9th century. 3. Norse settlement of Greenland starts just before 1000. 4. Thule Inuit move into northern Greenland in the 12th ...
After two years of exploring, he returns to Iceland and tells of his discoveries, giving Greenland its name as a way to attract settlers. [2] [3] Overwintering in Iceland, Erik sets sail again intending to colonize Greenland. His expedition has 30 ships, but only 14 reach their destination.
Erik the Red's Land (Norwegian: Eirik Raudes Land) was the name given by Norwegians to an area on the coast of eastern Greenland occupied by Norway in the early 1930s. It was named after Erik the Red, the founder of the first Norse or Viking settlements in Greenland in the 10th century.
Greenland [e] is an autonomous territory [f] in the Kingdom of Denmark. [15] [16] It is the largest of three constituent parts of the kingdom, the other two being metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands; the citizens of all territories are full citizens of Denmark. Greenland is one of the Overseas Countries and Territories of the European ...
[10] [11] The US built two airports with full-length runways; as of 2018, they remain the main international airports of Greenland, despite being located far from any traditional settlement. Greenland was effectively independent during these years and allowed the United States to build bases on its territory, in spite of the Danish pre-war ...
Kuupik Kleist, former Prime Minister of Greenland (2009–2013) Nive Nielsen, Inuk singer and songwriter from Greenland, 2016 Kalaallisut is the official language of Greenland. [ 9 ] It is the western variety of the Greenlandic language, which is one of the Inuit languages within the Eskimo-Aleut family . [ 10 ]