Information
Name: Icelandic Commonwealth
Type: Polity
Nation: iceland
Start: 931
End: 1264
Groups:
Norse/Viking Polities
Icelandic Commonwealth: All Data
This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.
Iceland was settled by Norsemen, mainly by Norwegians who may have been fleeing conflict or seeking new land to farm. By 930, the chieftains had established a form of governance, the Althing, making it one of the world's oldest parliaments. Iceland pledged fielty to the King of Norway with the Old Covenant of 1262.
