VIKINGAR
- a brand new card game about first settlers of Iceland
Meet The Vikings
Ingólfur Arnarson
(849-910)
He came to Iceland with his wife Hallveig Frodesdatter and his foster brother Hjörleifur. He established a community in Reykjavík in 874.
Grettir Ásmundarson
(996-1031)
The main character of Grettir's saga. He was brave and temperamental. Legends tell of his many fights in both Iceland and Norway.
Hallgerður Höskuldsdóttir
(930-?)
According to Njál's saga, Hallgerður was a beautiful, quick-tempered woman, involved in an escalating series of tit-for-tat killings.
Erik the Red
(950-1003)
It is believed he founded the first settlement in Greenland. He lived on a farm in Western Iceland and remained a follower of Norse paganism.
Flóki
Vilgerðarson
(830-?)
The third Viking to reach Iceland. He was also the one who gave the country its name. He founded a settlement on the West coast.
Leifur Eiríksson
(980-1020)
An Icelandic explorer who is thought to have been the first European to set foot on North America, half a millennium before Christopher Columbus.
Naddoður
(8-9th cent.)
The first Scandinavian to discover Iceland after he was blown off course when heading to the Faroe Islands.
Gaelic monk
(8-9th cent.)
There is some archaeological evidence for Irish monks’ settlement in Southern Iceland. They may have been the first settlers of Iceland.
Hjörleifur Hróðmarsson
(845-875)
One of the first settlers of Iceland. After he was killed by his slaves, it is believed he was buried on Hjörleifshöfði hill.
Auður Ketilsdóttir
(834-900)
She captained a ship on its journey to the West of Iceland. There were twenty men under her command, proving that she was well-respected.
Náttfari
(835-?)
He was a crew member who escaped his master, Garðar Svavarsson, and may have become one of the first permanent residents of Iceland.
Garðar Svavarsson
(825-878)
According to the Sagas, he was the second explorer to reach Iceland. He established a small settlement in the North.
