Why is this country made up of a group of pirates and women snatched back by pirates?

This pirate and the country robbed by pirates actually refer to the island countries in the North Atlantic? Iceland. When people mention this country, their first impression is that it is covered with snow, full of glaciers, volcanoes and hot springs, and of course, there are impressive amateur football teams. Iceland itself belongs to the Nordic countries, with a very developed economy and a population of just over 300,000. Most of them are called? What? What is loose? , mainly living in Reykjavik, the capital of the southwest. The territory covers an area of 6.5438+0.03 million square kilometers, and one eighth of the land is glaciers.

What made Iceland become? A country of pirates and women snatched back by pirates? This is mainly related to the history of Iceland.

Iceland has not been inhabited for a long time, that is, 1000 years. Historians have verified that human beings first settled in Iceland in 874 AD, and the first permanent resident was Viking Inge from Norway. Anason (Ing？ (lfur Arnarsson)), when landing in a foggy place, he thought it was smoke, so he landed under his feet? Smoke bay? This is Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. From Eng? The identity of the Vikings in Arnason showed that they were pirates themselves. Vikings are not ethnic groups, but refer to the sea marauders in northern Europe such as Norway, Sweden and Denmark. At that time, they organized foreign looting, attacking the coast of western Europe, the Mediterranean, eastern Europe, and even reaching Greenland and North America. The neighboring British Isles are their main targets.

At that time, the people living in Scotland and Ireland were mainly Gaels, who were a branch of Celtic. The Vikings looted Gaelic villages, took many women and slaves and took them to Iceland. So most people in Iceland today are descendants of Vikings and Gaels. Icelanders are tall, fair-skinned, mostly blond, or ginger hair, which has the characteristics of Nordic and Gaelic people. When Icelanders talk about their physical characteristics, they will joke that because in such a harsh environment, the beautiful genes of the strong Vikings and Gaels crystallized into today's Icelanders. Icelandic natives can trace back to their ancestors by visiting the national registry, and many people can even trace back to the first immigrants who landed.

In 930, Iceland established its own parliament, which was also the earliest parliament in Europe. In the13rd century, it was brought under the rule of Norway. Icelanders are mainly Norwegian immigrants, and their language is Icelandic, which is similar to the language of western Norway, but very primitive. This is related to the geographical environment of its island country and has little contact with the outside world. 18 14 Before the partition of Denmark and the United Kingdom of Norway according to the Kiel Treaty, Iceland was a colony of the king of Norway and later became a dependency of Denmark. 1944, Iceland achieved independence and established a republic.