Norse Greenlanders

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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.

All labels observed (4)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 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 Greenlandic Althing
hadSettlement Eastern Settlement
Western Settlement
interactedWith Inuit
introduced European-style agriculture to Greenland
knownFrom Icelandic sagas
linked to: Íslendingasögur

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

How these facts were elicited

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 explorers
linked to: Norse Greenlanders
Saga of the Greenlanders mainSubject Greenlandic Norse settlers
linked to: Norse Greenlanders
Gardar ruins associatedWith Norse Greenlanders
Bishop of Greenland associatedWith Greenlandic Norse society
linked to: Norse Greenlanders
Diocese of Gardar servedPopulation Norse Greenlanders
Brattahlíð civilization Norse Greenlanders