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First Settlers in Iceland
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A New View on the Origin of First Settlers in Iceland

An archaeological find in Hafnir on the Reykjanes peninsula (close to Keflavík Airport) may indicate that some men had started to come to Iceland before the year 874 AD,  the year that has traditionally been considered the first year Nordic men came to Iceland to stay.
Archeologist dr. Bjarni F. Einarsson says that research at Hafnir indicate ruins of a cabin (Icelandic: Skáli) built well before the traditional year of origin of settlement.
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Aud the Deep-Minded (Norwegian: Aud den djuptenkte, also known as Unn or Aud Ketilsdatter) (834-900 AD) was an earlier settler in Iceland.
Aud was the second daughter of Ketill Flatnose, a Norwegian hersir, and Yngvid Ketilsdóttir, daughter of Ketill Wether, a hersir from Ringarike.
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