Polity Norse Settlements in Greenland

This article is about the specific polity Norse Settlements in Greenland and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this polity you can find it here: All Statistics

Was the Norse settlement of Greenland, that existed from the 980s.

Establishment

  • January 986: During the 980s, explorers led by Erik the Red set out from Iceland and reached the southwest coast of Greenland, found the region uninhabited, and subsequently settled there.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

  • January 1262: Greenland was not formally under the Norwegian crown until 1261.