Norse Greenlanders

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Norse settlers Scandinavian people medieval population

Norse Greenlanders were medieval Scandinavian settlers in Greenland, primarily of Norse and Icelandic origin, who established farming communities and maintained contact with Europe from the late 10th to the 15th century.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Norse Greenlanders canonical 5
Greenlandic Norse settlers 1
Greenlandic Norse society 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse settlers ⓘ
Scandinavian people ⓘ
medieval population ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence Norse artifacts in Greenland ⓘ
church ruins in Greenland ⓘ
farm ruins in Greenland ⓘ
beganSettlement late 10th century ⓘ
built Brattahlíð farm of Erik the Red ⓘ
surface form: Brattahlid farmstead

Hvalsey Church ⓘ
buriedAt Norse churchyards in Greenland ⓘ
climateChallenge Little Ice Age cooling ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
declinePeriod 14th century ⓘ
disappearancePeriod 15th century ⓘ
economyBasedOn cattle herding ⓘ
goat herding ⓘ
pastoral farming ⓘ
seal hunting ⓘ
sheep herding ⓘ
trade in furs ⓘ
trade in hides ⓘ
trade in walrus ivory ⓘ
walrus hunting ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Icelandic ⓘ
Norse ⓘ
facedChallenge decline of walrus ivory trade ⓘ
isolation from Europe ⓘ
short growing seasons ⓘ
soil erosion ⓘ
foundedBy Erik the Red ⓘ
governedBy Greenland Provincial Council ⓘ
surface form: Greenlandic Althing
hadSettlement Eastern Settlement ⓘ
Western Settlement ⓘ
interactedWith Inuit ⓘ
introduced European-style agriculture to Greenland ⓘ
knownFrom Íslendingasögur ⓘ
surface form: Icelandic sagas

medieval European documents ⓘ
mainLanguage Old Norse ⓘ
maintainedContactWith Iceland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
other parts of Europe ⓘ
paidTithesTo Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
politicalAffiliation royal crown of Norway ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian crown
religion Norse paganism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
settledIn Greenland ⓘ
timePeriod late 10th century to 15th century ⓘ
usedBuildingMaterial stone ⓘ
turf ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Western Settlement → ethnicGroup → Norse Greenlanders ⓘ
Hvalsey Church → usedBy → Norse Greenlanders ⓘ
Helluland → encounteredBy → Norse Greenlanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norse explorers
Saga of the Greenlanders → mainSubject → Norse Greenlanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenlandic Norse settlers
Gardar ruins → associatedWith → Norse Greenlanders ⓘ
Bishop of Greenland → associatedWith → Norse Greenlanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenlandic Norse society
Diocese of Gardar → servedPopulation → Norse Greenlanders ⓘ
Brattahlíð → civilization → Norse Greenlanders ⓘ