Icelanders

E26275
North Germanic people ethnic group

Icelanders are a North Germanic ethnic group native to the island nation of Iceland, historically descended from Norse settlers and known for their distinct language and literary heritage.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Icelanders canonical 10
Icelandic Vikings 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf North Germanic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedSport football ⓘ
handball ⓘ
capitalCityOfHomeCountry Reykjavík, Iceland ⓘ
surface form: Reykjavík
citizenshipLanguageRequirement Icelandic language ⓘ
citizenshipTypically Icelandic citizenship ⓘ
climateOfHomeCountry subarctic climate ⓘ
continentOfHomeCountry Europe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Iceland ⓘ
culturalOrganization Ásatrúarfélagið ⓘ
currencyOfHomeCountry Icelandic króna ⓘ
demonymFor Iceland ⓘ
diasporaPresence Canada ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnicOrigin Celtic peoples ⓘ
Norse people ⓘ
geneticCharacteristic mixed Scandinavian and Gaelic ancestry ⓘ
governedBy Government of Iceland ⓘ
historicalLiteraryLanguage Norse ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse
historicalOriginPeriod Viking Age ⓘ
historicalSettlement Norse settlement of Iceland ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2CodeOfHomeCountry IS ⓘ
languageFamily North Germanic languages ⓘ
languageStatus Icelandic ⓘ
surface form: Icelandic is official language of Iceland
minorityReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Ásatrú ⓘ
modernEconomyInHomeCountry renewable energy sector ⓘ
services sector ⓘ
tourism industry ⓘ
notableCulturalTrait high literacy rate ⓘ
preservation of Old Norse linguistic features ⓘ
strong literary tradition ⓘ
politicalUnionMembershipOfHomeCountry European Economic Area ⓘ
Schengen Area ⓘ
populationMajorityIn Iceland ⓘ
primaryLanguage Icelandic ⓘ
surface form: Icelandic language
region Nordic countries ⓘ
Northern Europe ⓘ
religionMajority Church of Iceland ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
sheep farming ⓘ
traditionalLiterature Poetic Edda ⓘ
surface form: Eddas

Norse sagas ⓘ
surface form: Icelandic sagas
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norwegians → relatedEthnicGroup → Icelanders ⓘ
Scandinavians → oftenDistinguishedFrom → Icelanders ⓘ
Germanic peoples → ancestralTo → Icelanders ⓘ
Swedes → relatedEthnicGroup → Icelanders ⓘ
Norse voyages to North America → hasParticipant → Icelanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Icelandic Vikings
Danish people → relatedEthnicGroup → Icelanders ⓘ
Faroese → relatedEthnicGroup → Icelanders ⓘ
Swedish → relatedEthnicGroup → Icelanders ⓘ
subject surface form: Swedish people
Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney → ethnicGroup → Icelanders ⓘ
North Germanic peoples → includesEthnicGroup → Icelanders ⓘ
North Germanic peoples → historicalAncestorOf → Icelanders ⓘ