Norse settlement of the Faroe Islands

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Norse expansion Viking Age colonization historical event

The Norse settlement of the Faroe Islands was an early Viking Age colonization of the North Atlantic archipelago that served as a stepping stone for later Norse expansion to places like Iceland and Greenland.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Christianization of the Faroe Islands	1
Norse settlement of the Faroe Islands canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Norse expansion ⓘ Viking Age colonization ⓘ historical event ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence	Norse longhouses ⓘ animal bones from sheep and cattle ⓘ pollen records indicating cereal cultivation ⓘ turf buildings ⓘ
chronology	earlier than Norse settlement of Greenland ⓘ earlier than Norse settlement of Iceland ⓘ
connectedTo	Norse settlement of Greenland ⓘ Norse settlement of Iceland ⓘ Norse settlement of the British Isles ⓘ
culture	Norse ⓘ
economicActivity	barley cultivation ⓘ fishing ⓘ seabird hunting ⓘ sheep farming ⓘ
endTime	High Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
environmentalImpact	introduction of sheep to the Faroe Islands ⓘ land clearance for pasture and fields ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Norsemen NERFINISHED ⓘ
followed	Norse maritime exploration of the North Atlantic ⓘ
heritage	basis of medieval Faroese society ⓘ origin of most Faroese ancestry ⓘ
influenced	Faroese culture ⓘ development of Faroese language ⓘ
language	Old Norse NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Faroe Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	Norse colonization of the Faroe Islands ⓘ
partOf	Viking expansion in the North Atlantic ⓘ
politicalDevelopment	emergence of local chieftaincies ⓘ integration into the Norse world ⓘ
preceded	Norse settlement of Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ Norse settlement of Iceland ⓘ
religion	Old Norse religion ⓘ
resultedIn	formation of a Norse farming society in the Faroe Islands ⓘ
significantPlace	Eysturoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Norðoyar NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Streymoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Suðuroy NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	9th century ⓘ Viking Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Early Middle Ages ⓘ Viking Age North Atlantic expansion ⓘ
transport	longships ⓘ
usedAs	stepping stone for further Norse expansion ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Norse settlement of Iceland → precededBy → Norse settlement of the Faroe Islands ⓘ

Olaf Tryggvason → influenced → Norse settlement of the Faroe Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christianization of the Faroe Islands