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How did the Vikings Discover Iceland?

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Iceland's connections to Scandinavia are thanks to its settlement by Norsemen, mostly from Norway - but how did they get there in the first place, after all, it's not exactly the corner. In this video I will explore the first Norsemen (and one Swede) who ventured across the North Atlantic and either purposefully or, in most cases, accidentally, came across the land we now call Iceland.
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@dylanwfilms 6 лет назад

After a trip to Ireland, I learned that not just Dublin, but many of Ireland’s biggest cities started as Viking trading posts.

@xotan 6 лет назад

This is so: Limerick, Cork, Waterford and Wexford.

@steveanderson8727 6 лет назад

Ford is Fjord, is fjörður... so yeah... you're welcome :)

@joshuataylor3550 Год назад

@@steveanderson8727 Ford is just river crossing in English, not related to fjord.

@shadiversity 6 лет назад

Awesome video mate, and thanks for the mention, you're more than welcome ^_^

@daithimcbuan5235 6 лет назад

haha, the Irish monks not getting on too well with the Norse settlers is a bit of an understatement :D

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

I mean the Sagas say "they voluntarily left" - but the Norse had an interesting definition of "voluntary" hahaha xD

@daithimcbuan5235 6 лет назад

hehe yeah, it's like HIGHLY understated humour :D

@asbjrnpoulsen9205 6 лет назад

maybe it was noth maybe they left in pease fore the first settler in faroe islands was half norse half celtic named grímur norse kamban celtic and the women in faroe islands have 84 % celtic dna

@asbjrnpoulsen9205 6 лет назад

way are ther menny place names in iceland and faroe island with celtic names ???

@daithipol 2 года назад

We "got rid" of the Vikings in 1014 only to have the place infested by priests, maybe if we kept the Vikings it would have been a better place earlier. 😉

@Shaden0040 6 лет назад

Floki found it.

@gregorymacdonnell7914 6 лет назад

+ Shaden0040,That is sooo fuckin cool!.Just shows how well Michael Hirst had the show Vikings so well researched!!! Love it man! Great video.I learned quite a bit from it.

@JohnnyBoj89 6 лет назад

Ehm no Leikur Eirikson found it...would be cool though.

@Shaden0040 6 лет назад

Not according to Vikings.

@JohnnyBoj89 6 лет назад

Shaden0040 vikings is also not historically accurate ;)

@Shaden0040 6 лет назад

Wow could have fooled me. ;P

@Knowledgia 6 лет назад

Love the format! Very interesting as always!

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

Thanks so much!

@einarkristjansson6812 3 года назад

Dear Hilbert. This is well done and historically correct. I am an old Icelander and have studied our history. Keep on my friend.

@elisthortraustason7645 6 лет назад

I am so grateful you made a video about Iceland. It so often forgotten or glossed over, even though it might be one of the more important aspects of viking history and culture. I would love if you would make a video about the Icelanders’ Sagas. They are not the best historical source, due to people exaggerating events and characters, but they give such a detailed insight into Norse culture, values, laws and traditions. Your Norse accent is great, much better than how many others do it. You have clearly done your research on the language and included bits like what the name Hrafna-Floki means and origin of Vikingr from Vik, which is something most wouldn’t bother with going into. One slight error, it’s Reykjavik, not Rekjavik. The spelling has changed somewhat between Norse and Icelandic but I am pretty sure it is Reykjavík in both. Keep doing this good work. I’m sure you’ll be one of the biggest educational channels on RU-vid!

@mikkitoro8933 4 года назад

I can agree that parts of Icelandic history may or may not be true. But one reason for that is because Icelanders did not begin to write the history of Iceland until much later with Snorri Sturluson one of the first.

@Gondaldin 6 лет назад

Thought I would point out that today, Reykjavík's coat of arms depicts Ingólfr's two pillars floating in the sea.

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

Thanks - that's a really interesting fact actually! Doesn't it have a an ox on there as well?

@Gondaldin 6 лет назад

No, Reykjavík's coat of arms only has the floating pillars. Iceland's main coat of arms however has a bull which is one of Iceland's four land wights.

@Phrenotopia 6 лет назад

Always a good idea with a video on Vikings!

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

I thought it's something nice and uncontroversial given my recent detours into the realms of Sinterklaas and Zwarte PIet ;) This is very up your street though!

@Phrenotopia 6 лет назад

Absolutely! As it so happens, I will also briefly mention the Varangian Rus, like you do here, in an upcoming video.

@HistoryTime 6 лет назад

Brilliant

@gearoiddom 8 месяцев назад

Worth also discussing the climate at the time being more benign than nowadays. That would be no small factor in the ultimate settlement. Thanks for making!

@aaronblyth2108 6 лет назад

Good video as always Hilbert. Now thanks to shad more people shall know of your greatness!

@ProDoucher 6 лет назад

Its amazing how the vikings could travel across oceans without any form of cartography. In some cases they literally observed the colour of the water to determine their location.

@sengokusanada2690 2 года назад

I'm new to viking history, and these videos are super helpful!

@TheGreatMoonFrog 6 лет назад

No wonder the Vikings used ravens to symbolize wisdom. They knew the intelligence of that animal.

@MickeyD2012 6 лет назад

BJORK BJORK BJORK.

@MickeyD2012 6 лет назад

She means a lot of things, when she sings.

@Son_Daughter_of_Slaanesh 6 лет назад

Her Name is spelld Björk by the way and it rhymes with jerk

@asbjrnpoulsen9205 6 лет назад

its a tree

@Son_Daughter_of_Slaanesh 6 лет назад

The birch to be precise

@asbjrnpoulsen9205 6 лет назад

ther was an army in norvay named birkibeinar leade of king sverre king sverre came from faroe island he made norvay to one kingdom

@johndoeanon445 6 лет назад

I hope you make a video about the Norsemen who went east. Maybe even one about the Varangian guard?

@johannsigursson5319 6 лет назад

Listening to people try to pronounce icelandic / norse words is always a wild ride of enjoyment. Looks like an interesting channel with good content so I might stick around

@billsellers2699 5 лет назад

I've been fascinated by the vikings for years, so I'm glad that someone who has a good understanding of them is making videos to help people learn about and understand the vikings and who they really were and what they were really like

@mathiasneergaard6992 6 лет назад

That shad shoutout will help a lot I imagine, i remember I subscribed after that Lindy video so shoutout/acknowledgment from bigger history RU-vidrs helps a lot. Keep up the good work Hilbert

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

Yes it was very kind of him! Really, my first video responding to Lindybeige's critique of the Last Kingdom?

@mrmarmellow555 6 лет назад

mathias neergaard Me too!! Remember he loves his FIRE ARROW's YA YA!

@mathiasneergaard6992 6 лет назад

Yea, i remember in the beginning you got some hate from Lindy fans but when Metatron and others started giving positive comments it turned around. Loving these kinds of odd videos, reminds me of Jabzy. Also i am Norwegian and we were thought that we explored a uninhabitat land so i would love to learn more about those Monks

@hilmarreykur2672 6 лет назад

Nice video. I really appreciate you actually trying to pronounce the old norse/Icelandic, it sounds really good

@Ratchet4647 6 лет назад

Regarding the poll: I love your videos and would love to see you do videos on all of those topics whenever you can. You make informative quality content!

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

Thank you so much! I think I will to be honest - such an interesting topic!

@silungur_ 3 года назад

Here is an update for you. Starting in 2015 archaeologist Bjarni F. Einarsson and team have been working on a dig at Stöð in Stöðvarfjörður in Iceland. What they have uncover so far is that there is a 44m longhouse there from ca. 800 ce. and on top of it is a slightly smaller 36m longhouse, built before 871 ce. In the area around the longhouses are other buildings or houses that wait to be been excavated. The working thesis is that the older longhouse from ca. 800 ce. was an outpost from Norway, where a chieftain sent a crew to work the resources during the summers to bring back to Norway. What contradicts that is how big the longhouse is. The younger longhouse, on top, was definitely a permanent dwelling of a wealthy household and in it they have found among other things a lot of glass beads and silver.

@snorrigoi2479 6 лет назад

I'm Icelandic, thank you for this video

6 лет назад

This is such an awesome video! I will be showing it in class on Monday, as we are currently learning about the History of Iceland! I am taking my students there in two weeks!

@BListHistory 6 лет назад

Whoo! I love Icelandic history

5 лет назад

Because it's short

@DeviousWizard 6 лет назад

Saw you on the recommended tab, very glad I clicked. Greetings from the Faroe Islands :D

@tommyforrest9680 6 лет назад

I'm glad Shad brought me to your channel, you make amazing videos

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

Thank you so much - and welcome to the community!

@Game...007 6 лет назад

I watched shad's video just today and subscribed now. Better late than never.

@hannahb6411 6 лет назад

I didn't know anything about this before. Thank you very much for this fascinating video! And about the poll: your animation style is one of my favorites on RU-vid!

@casthelion416 6 лет назад

Amazing video, shad knows who we have to watch

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

Thank you - I really appreciate your support :)

@mrfreddorenton 6 лет назад

I came from the shout out. Shad's a good bloke

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

Top notch fella

@hvseul 6 лет назад

This video was recommended on my youtube feed. I think because my cookies must have shown an interest in Iceland hahahah. I went to Iceland in 2013 but knew next to nothing about the history. Thank you for this video!! I will check out the test of your channel~

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

Thank you very much, hope you like it!

@antseanbheanbocht4993 6 лет назад

History With Hilbert Very enjoyable Hilbert, perhaps you could do one on the much disputed and less well known Irish Island of Rockall 😜, I don't think you'll get thirteen minutes out of it though.

@martijn9568 6 лет назад

You make a video about Iceland (Smowland) it's actually snowing right now in the Netherlands. That's my weather update

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

Oh lekker, hier nog niet, het is alleen wal stervens koud :P

@youcanthandlethetruth8873 6 лет назад

+History With Hilbert Stervens? Vreemde verwoording heb je daar.

@Infected_Apple 6 лет назад

Judiska Ekonomen yep, it's pretty snow covered for most of the country right now

@Infected_Apple 6 лет назад

You can't handle the truth stervenskoud is vrij gebruikelijk in mijn omgeving

@youcanthandlethetruth8873 6 лет назад

+Infected Apple waat woon jij dan. Ik heb er nog nooit van gehoord. Mischien omdat ik een Belg ben. Kweetnie.

@connoragnewmusic 6 лет назад

Dude I’m so glad your channel has come so far! I feel so proud of you dude

@Alpha1200 6 лет назад

I found this channel without Shad, though I am subscribed to Shad, but I just wanted to say: Shad, seems like a really nice guy. Well, as far as I can tell without knowing him, just being a subscriber of his.

@mowvu5380 3 года назад

I can't get enough hilbert. your passion for history with yourself is magical. i feel like a child again. except i hated history in school. i wish I'd taken notice, or had teachers that didn't fill us with propaganda lol.

@RossFigurepaintingCoUK 6 лет назад

Loving the videos Huw. Any chances of some references to go with them? Books and stuff rather than just youtube vids?

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

For this one I mostly used Jesse Byock's "Viking Age Iceland." I'd highly recommend it if you're interested. I hardly put sources because, without wanting to sound big-headed, this is the stuff I'm interested in so a lot of it I know without remembering particularly where I read it or who told me about it.

@pain-killeryates5448 5 лет назад

Im new to this channel and im very impressed. Amazing and detailed, enjoyed it very much. Brilliantly done..

@melbatoast1548 4 года назад

I just spent 6 hours reading the exact same thing you wrapped up in 13 minutes.... I thank you

@garylawlor2288 5 лет назад

Love the channel dude, I enjoy your bit of slyly added humour here and there. The Pog mo thoin(kiss me arse) note left by the Irish slaves gave me a chuckle. Yeh nice one ✌

@TheInfidel666i 6 лет назад

Wow as far as I can tell your Icelandic/Norse pronounciation is really good! I'm Norwegian though but I have heard quite a bit Icelandic, and your pronounciation is definately better than most attempts I've heard.

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

Thank you very much, I do try!

@morriskaller3549 6 лет назад

TheInfidel666i But he pronounced v as an f while it should be pronounced as just a v

@gripen-swe 6 лет назад

Very good presentation! Nice to hear the correct pronunciation of the names, by a non-Scandinavian aswell. Always funny when people in other Viking videos pronounce the name Leif Eriksson, like ''Leaf'', when it's actually ''Layf''. If you do ''modern'' history aswell, it would be interesting if you could make a video about the only Swedish colony in America, called ''Nya Sverige'', in 1638. A piece of history that isn't that well known.

@cameronstreeter4038 6 лет назад

That was actually a great video. Please do more about Nordic exploration!

@Thebluebridgetroll 6 лет назад

Hilbert... did you put this together in a day? I should note that I don't mean this as an insult, it's just you said you did this video because of Shad's video yesterday

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

I did actually - I felt I had to live up to the shoutout ;)

@Thebluebridgetroll 6 лет назад

History With Hilbert I'm quite impressed! Visuals especially

@Puritan1985 6 лет назад

I remember egils saga it seems like everyone would upset the king have a son and then make a farm on Iceland after they stop raiding

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

It explains why everyone in the sagas is a massive radgy xD

@BoltMapper 6 лет назад

Congrats on the shoutout! You totally deserved it! =]

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

Thank you very much!

@stooge_mobile 5 лет назад

You sound almost exactly like ZeroEmpires, the Age of Empires personality. Also, great video!

@wormswithteeth 6 лет назад

Very interesting. Really want to know more about the Vikings in America!

@sindribjarnason350 6 лет назад

If you could talk about the settlement of Iceland (Around 874 - 930). There were also quite influential people up after the age of settlement in Iceland, you could also talk about them and Alþingi (Goðinn and Alþingi.)

@herutishlach6469 6 лет назад

Please never stop rumbling! This is the only reason why we watch your video! :)

@SuperEddyn 6 лет назад

The way you speak of Norsemen is quite confusing. "Iceland's connections to Scandinavia are thanks to its settlement by Norsemen, mostly from Norway" & "I will explore the first Norsemen (and one Swede)". Both of these quotes come from your description. The first quote sounds like you're saying that it was Norsemen, and most of them were from Norway. The second quote makes it sound like Swedes weren't Norsemen. I don't know what you mean, but from what I've learned through the years, Norsemen were all the people who spoke the North Germanic language of old Norse, which also include Swedes. I'm just saying that if you're on the same page as me with that fact, then you should know that it really sounds like the Norsemen were strictly old Norwegians in this video.

@alexhammerbekk 6 лет назад

please dont hold back.. this was good.. informative.. and for once quite accurate according to the knowledge we have.. thumbs up

@donnapeter3764 6 лет назад

omg am crying right now. sooo floki settled in ICELAND . the vikings serie just englightened me , i am 25 years old and i had no idea about how European countries were formed n, or in other meaning the history of Scandinavia wowwwwwwwwwww am so thrilled right now

@AWest-ns3dl 6 лет назад

Nice North Shields to Ijmuiden reference

@ianwinterbottom9539 6 лет назад

Nice to see mention of the Hebrides, I lived there for some while.

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

Ah nice one!

@ChantelStays 2 года назад

I am just thoroughly fascinated by the Norseman/Scandinavian and their complex and rich history. I have Danish blood ...born Canadian...I would do anything to move there ! 🤣🤗 Ps I love your voice.

@DeadMarine1980 6 лет назад

Vikings technically landed on America when they set up their first city on the Island. The western part of the Island is in the North American plate. While the Eastern part of the Island is on the European plate. But I do have a question. How was it that the Norwegians were able to settle Iceland that had minimal resources but fail on the North American main land (modern Canada)?

@ukestudio3002 7 месяцев назад

Interesting content. Wondering where you got your information. Thanks !

@fredriks5090 6 лет назад

And btw, the word "Vikingur" can be easily understood if you know norwegian or any language using the word VIK, and spend half a minute studying the usage of words. Vik = Inlet/cove ingur = someone who is a practitioner of said thing Vikingur = someone who is commonly found in the coves/inlets. If you study the geography of scandinavia - and certainly NORWAY you understand why the term became used. Or more widely accepted Vikings = Seafarers.

@lok3kobold 6 лет назад

One falacy in the video is that a lot of Swedes went west to plunder, not any famous Swedes but a lot of rune stones mentions sons and fathers who died on travels to the west

@lok3kobold 6 лет назад

As compensation for sounding negative i give you Vigmunds runestone (a humble man) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uppland_Runic_Inscription_1011

@Xaiff 3 года назад

"Shaddai-versity". That would be an interesting channel. I'm not complaining. Just thought it would be cool. 😂

@user-nn7qb3hi5r 7 месяцев назад

Very interesting .. would love to visit but I am right at the other end of the globe. Thank you.

@michellekalem 6 лет назад

Firstly I looooove your videos and enjoy them (regardless of format tbh, everything you make is great). Secondly are you going to collaborate with Leornende Eald Englisc again maybe in another livestream like you did months ago? I watched the 2 hour stream you guys had together after it was posted and I enjoyed it sooo much. All the things you two talked about together excited me and I was hoping there'd be another livestream like this in the future so I could participate and ask questions live in the way a livestream format allows (as you two discovered with awe hahaha). Anyways thank you so much for making all this content and reading this if you did. 💛It brightens my life💛

@gregorymacdonnell7914 6 лет назад

Great Vid.!!! Sounds like you have the history down firmly. I always wondered exactly where the Faroe Isles were.

@candaceperkins7425 6 лет назад

As a history lover I find this channel fantastic and the animation is enjoyable 👍

@danni2746 6 лет назад

You should do about the Icelandic civil war

@luke2029 6 лет назад

Could you do a video on the Swedish travels of Eastern Europe and Russia

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

It's on my list :)

@VikingsRBloodyAwsome 6 лет назад

History With Hilbert Hope you make it, would be interesting. May I ask why you differentiate between Norsemen and Swedes ? Norsemen generally refers to all Nordic people; Swedes, Danes and Norwegians. Could also mention that there are equal amounts of Runestones in Sweden that tell of Western and Eastern journeys, so it's kind of a myth that Swedes only went East. Maybe you can mention that if/when you make the video about the Swedes in the East :)

@g.m.s2559 6 лет назад

Agree, Norsemen means Norwegians, Danes and Swedes (and later Faroese and Icelandic people as well), and in Scandinavia we use this term. And none of these 'groups' went only one way, there were certainly Swedes who went west and Danes and Norwegians who went east - are so tired of these divisions. There are also some who think 'Danes' only mean people from Denmark when we talk about those who settled in the Danelaw. 'Danes' was the Anglo-Saxon term for all Norsemen. Historians agree that the Danelaw consisted of a good number of Norwegians and certainly Swedes as well, although the Danes were in the majority. We can put it this way: - Most Norsemen who went east were Swedes, but there was obviously some Norwegians and Danes with them (perhaps more Danes than Norwegians?) - Most Norsemen who settled in England were Danes, but there was a fair amount of Norwegians and certainly many Swedes too. - Most Norsemen who settled in Scotland and Ireland were Norwegians, but quite a few were Danish and certainly some were Swedes too.

@kevindanner2090 5 лет назад

Ingólfr Arnarson was the first Norwegian to land in Iceland

@KnowHistory 6 лет назад

Icelandic History sure is epic!

@zacharyjensen7661 6 лет назад

Quite like your videos. So mesmerising to watch.

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

Thank you!

@jeroldproductions6367 6 лет назад

Best rowboat race ever!

@OldMovieRob 3 года назад

This was really fascinating

@Erik-vp5bm 6 лет назад

My two fairly worthless cents, "vik" and "viking" are most likely connected. Quite unlikely not to be connected, actually. In modern Norwegian, a lot of coastal places has the postfix -vik (Larvik, Husvik, Svelvik, could go on for hours), which means, as you say, "bay". To "go viking" would be to "go bay'ing", which makes perfect sense with their hit-n-run attacks on bay areas. Also, "viking" was never Scandinavian-specific. In many sagas, it's used both pejoratively and on non-Scandinavian pirates at times. The only requirement seems to be that the subject is a seaborne raider.

@patrickmurphy9266 4 года назад

In Ireland east we have towns Wicklow (Vik lae) Vikings meadow. Wexford (Vaskfjord) washed fjord . Waterford (Vadrefjord) rams fjord . Heldvik half bay

@thundercliff93 6 лет назад

Frábært myndband! Væri áhugavert ef þú gerir fleiri myndbönd um Íslandssögu Would be interesting if you make more videos about Icelandic history for example the Sturlunga Age civil war in the 13th century which ended in Iceland becoming part of the Kingdom of Norway

@moss_and_ivy3517 6 лет назад

Love Floki on the thumbnail. Great video man

@oilersridersbluejays 5 лет назад

I love Icelandic names. Top favs: -Floki Flokisson -Arni Arnason -Snorri Snorrason -Gudmunder Gudmundersson -Skuli Skulason.

@Quarton 6 лет назад

Thank you for this very interesting video ~ It makes me want to visit Iceland, too!

@ThatUltimateFlash 6 лет назад

I liked the music you put on at 5:00.

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

Same here, I thought it fit well with what I was talking about :)

@johnfritz4052 6 лет назад

and i like the weed you put on at 4:20

@perfectallycromulent 5 лет назад

Ravens might have magnets in their heads that help them find land!

@emiliosgregoriou8943 6 лет назад

Great video. I'd love to see more Icelandic (and maybe some Greenlandic) content in the near future! Such a remote and unique place, with so much interesting history! A question however: Where do you get all this information? Are there specific websites for such information? Especially in this video, the content that you shared with us sounds considerably difficult to dig up, even in the age of the internet. It would be great to know where you get your sources.

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

Thank you! I plan to make some more :) I've read rather a few of the sagas and Jesse Byock's " Viking Age Iceland" covers this and loads more in a lot more detail if you're interested in finding out about this place and period :)

@terrywhelan6651 6 лет назад

Saint Brendan was there first but there is little record, just a few times mentioned in a few monks chronicles.

@lutah23 6 лет назад

Can you do a video on how the Vikings discovered America

@andro7862 6 лет назад

Will you ever do a video on the age of Sturlungs

@thehobbit1654 6 лет назад

Thanks for the video! It was very entertaning and interesting

@Ghipoli 6 лет назад

Haven't watched it yet, but I hope you're gonna try to pronounce Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson in this video. I tried and well... yea.

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

Hope you're not disappointed ;)

@Ghipoli 6 лет назад

I have no idea how it should be pronounced, but at least it sounded much much better than the sound that came out of my throat trying to speak bjork.

@joshuataylor3550 4 года назад

@@historywithhilbert146 You don't pronounce the 'f' as you would in English or like the 'f' in 'Floki'. The 'fn' combination becomes like a very abrupt 'b or p' sound, it's pretty unique, haven't come across it in any other Germanic languages. Also noticable in the modern Icelandic words 'nafn' - name and 'safn' - museum. But good effort! *Qualification language interested Brit engaged to an Icelander and has lived in Iceland*

@CareFreeWherever 6 лет назад

Nice sneaky Dizee Rascal reference, mate

@74130Brandon 6 лет назад

really enjoy your videos, keep up the good work :)

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

Thanks very much, glad you're enjoying them!

@camorrisiii 6 лет назад

I enjoy watching videos of Viking history, I want to learn as much as I can about it. I did a DNA test a few years ago and I found that my Y chromosome is traced back to the I1 haplogroup which is from Scandinavia. My Viking ancestors settled in northern England in Durham county. Matter of fact they were Lords of Durham county until the Norman invasion in 1066 AD. If there is anyone who has information on the Ledbetter family I would love to hear it. I've often wondered if Ledbetters have any relationship to Ragnar Lothbrook or Ivar the Boneless. They had to have had some importance to be Lords over a county of occupied territories. Sorry it's so long winded, but any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Clyde.

@van8045 6 лет назад

You have Scandinavian ancestors from about a thousand years ago?

@HYDROCARBON_XD Год назад

Practically all Germanic people have Scandinavian dna since Germanic tribes come from Scandinavia including northern Germany

@elmeramuro 6 лет назад

As a fan of hilbert I am sure I will also enjoy shad

@Raz.C 6 лет назад

Thanks mate! Now that my time machine is working (mostly working... a few power relay problems left to work out) I can check your work and verify the names and places. If you don't hear back it means that I dunna whoopsie...

@Sugar_Plum_Bun 6 лет назад

I love the video but i need to report an error, I couldnt see any dutch flags or music in the video!?

@daparaplegicboisss815 6 лет назад

No joke I’m from Iceland

@henrikg1388 6 лет назад

Cudos to your pronunciations. Very well done.

@Bhaalspawn84 6 лет назад

1000 years ago there were about 10000 icelandic people. Today there are 332000. I saw a video which considered what is the proper colony size in Mars to avoid inbreeding. Iceland has been kind of a test tube for that. No offence to Icelandic people. I'm from Finland and my parents were first cousins i turned out to be fine :)

@meginna8354 6 лет назад

there were 50000 people 1000 years ago.

@stollstoll1691 5 лет назад

By the end of the settling period there were around 74000-76000 Icelanders By the time that the industrial era arrived there only about 46000 Icelanders left I read this in a book that was written in the 60’s so this might be outdated though I highly doubt it.

@Budismo7917 4 года назад

Cool video......i visited iceland beautiful country

@CamelOfAll 6 лет назад

awesome video man, keep it up!

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

Thanks!

@DemonRazor88 6 лет назад

Can you please make a video about the Balts or Kurshi Vikings?

@historywithhilbert146 6 лет назад

Yes, it's on my list ;)

@DemonRazor88 6 лет назад

Thank you Hilbert!And Su Kaledom!

@Steinburger100 6 лет назад

Great video from a dane who has also family in iceland

@mehmednedjib7361 6 лет назад

Would you do an episode on the First and Second Bulgarian Empire?

@mehmednedjib7361 6 лет назад

LjFJDhs Frankly dear, I don't give a damn about your biased opinion... I just want people to know more and be well educated...

@mehmednedjib7361 6 лет назад

LjFJDhs History of Bulgaria goes back as far as 681 A.D. and of the Bulgar peoples even beyond that... Bulgaria becomes an empire for the first time in 811 during the reign of Simeon the Great who subjugated vast Greek, serb, Albanian and pecheneg or whomever was in Romania back then, and accepted the title of Tsar, which is equal to emperor... After a byzantine subjugation, a rebellion gave way to the Second Bulgarian Empire which lasted until 1336(not sure) when Bulgaria was conquered by the ottomans...