Talk:Iceland
"The people in Iceland are either Celtic or Scandinavian." I guess they are DESCENDANTS of Celtic or Scandinavian people, but currently, I would say they are neither. They are icelandic. I'd guess the celtic people is a small minority in England(?), and the scandinavian people are the swedes, the norwegians and the danes.
- Not many Celtic folk in England (except in Cornwall), but Scotland, Man, Ireland, Wales, Brittany...plenty of Celtic folk there. - Duncan Sneddon
- Scandinavia is a geographical term, so Icelanders obviously aren't Scandinavians but Icelanders consider themselves Nordic. I've never heard anybody talk about Iceland as being Celtic. There is some evidence that a lot of Irish women and some Irish slaves were brought to Iceland in the beginning (although the Norse language and culture was obviously the dominant). There is some speculation about there having been Irish monks before the first settlements but except for old tales and some names in nature there still hasn't been any archeological evidence found. -An Icelander
To what degree, if any, is Iceland located above the Arctic circle?[change source]
From another article :
"about a half of Iceland is arctic." Is this true? (Did not the Vikings sail due west from Trondheim, to get to Iceland ?)
- Cheers, Lithmus Today (talk) 14:21, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
- A single small islands north of Iceland is on the arctic circle itself. Save for that, all of the mainland of Iceland lies right below the circle. -An Icelander
Vikings[change source]
It said that Vikings started to live in Iceland. But since a viking is a profession, not a nationality, I changed it to Norsemen.