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Would it have been feasible for the Inuit to reach Iceland?

Iceland was part of Denmark from it's conquest until it's independence in 1918, however it still was under danish influence until WWII when it was occupied by the UK after the nazis occupied Denmark and in 1944 it became a republic, a status that continues until this day. This makes Iceland the...

Is this plausible or ASB: During the settlement of Iceland, it comes to be believed that it's the middle point between to large landmass and so a foolhardy expedition sets sail southwest from the western coast and arriving at the Grand banks just before their stocks run out and spotting land...

There were considerations for the US buying both Greenland and Iceland. Let's say this happens and both places are now in American hands. What happens to the locals there? What will the culture there be like with the influx of American culture? How would this affect history?

Iceland was, alongside Madagascar and New Zealand, one of the last large landmasses settled by humans. In the case of Madagascar it is theory, that first people came there by accident: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.economist.com/science-and-technology/2012/03/24/thirty-lost-souls That makes...

This timeline explores if the phantom island of Frisland actually existed. Frisland was a phantom island that appeared on virtually all of the maps of the North Atlantic from the 1560s through the 1660s. Had Frisland actually existed what would the demographics of the island be? What if any...

It was a strategic base for the Allies in the Atlantic. Would the Axis navy be able to invade it?

Reading the Wikipedia page on the UK-Iceland Cod Wars (a.k.a.: the war of words over territorial waters and fishing rights) it mentioned that at one point Iceland threatened to leave N.A.T.O. unless the U.K. concedes to Iceland’s demands. Since Iceland’s territory was vital to monitoring Soviet...

In 1940 Germany managed to conquer Denmark in just 6 hours, but what if things had being different. This is a idea for a timeline I made where officers in the danish army after seeing Germany’s conquests of Austria and Czechoslovakia come to the conclusion that they are next. They know that they...

The Dorset were the pre Inuit inhabitants of northern North America, could they succesfully colonise Iceland before the Norse? What effects would this have on history? How would they react to the Norse and how would the Norse react to them?

In 1944 the Icelandic Althing dissolve the union between Iceland and Denmark and declared itself a republic. What is the Fareo islands followed suit and declared itself an independant republic. In such a scenario how would the Fareoese declaration be met by the international community? How...

On the 10th May 1940 Britain took Iceland in Operation Fork. What if instead of Britain Germany sends a team out to take Iceland. What would the implication be? Germany would now have a naval base in the far north of Atlantic. Would this mean they are able to land a success invasion of Northern...

Iceland was ruled by mainland Scandinavian powers from the end of the Sturlung Era until 1944, but in 1809, there was a little-known attempt by a Danish explorer named Jørgen Jørgensen to establish an independent state after the governer wouldn't permit trade, apparently with the intention of...

Does anyone know what the size and locations of medieval Iceland's towns/cities? Apparently Reykjavik is a fairly young settlement, so I'm not sure what the others were?

As the title says, the challenge here is to have Iceland be incorporated into the Russian Empire. 1) How could this come about? 2) What would be the consequences of a Russia-owned Iceland? 3) How might Icelandic culture develop in such a scenario?

My TL, at first out one of my favorite Alternate History discussions, Vinland. Enjoy, and please excuse my poor grammar and lack of knowledge on Norse naming, and please also forgive my lack of the use of Nordic characters as I'm just going to anglicize it both to be easier on me and people who...

I was always a bit disappointed that relatively few medieval stone churches and stone castles have survived on Iceland and in Finland to the present day. I recently read about the Hvalsey church in eastern Greenland, one of the few well-preserved Scandinavian churches from the Nordic island...

With a POD no earlier than the 1920s, try to ensure the creation of small, but official armed forces on Iceland. A defence force not that much bigger from the current one, but with a greater military capability, instead of just being a heavy-duty law enforcement supplement. Things I'd like to...

Is it plausible that there would be a permanant settlement of the island that would become Iceland in OTL prior to the 9th Century. What would be needed for this to take place?