Land of Fire & Ice | The Animated History of Iceland

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Iceland acted as an incubator for cultures that havent been around for centuries. Join us in uncovering Iceland's Viking past
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@chloeomg3021 4 жыл бұрын

I love the way you don’t just focus on big countries and you show that other smaller countries also have a large rich history nice work keep it up

@Macieks300 4 жыл бұрын

I love the small countries' histories. The bigger ones are too complicated.

@-gemberkoekje-5547 4 жыл бұрын

Next he should do Burkino Faso

@BenTajer89 4 жыл бұрын

@@-gemberkoekje-5547 Definitely would be good to see more African countries!

@fernandonoriega4757 4 жыл бұрын

He should do texas history

@mri127 4 жыл бұрын

EneSacarification Why? Africa is literally the MOST diverse continent in the WORLD.... thousands of languages and ethnic groups. Each separate african country should have there own separate video just like this.

@antebellumstage 4 жыл бұрын

"Gets Kicked out of Norway for murder" "Then Gets Kicked out of Iceland for murder" "Colonizes Greenland"

@xXxSkyViperxXx 4 жыл бұрын

"Kicks himself out of Greenland" "Colonizes Canada" "Kicks himself out of Canada"

@icelandinreallife2042 3 жыл бұрын

And curiously enough, Greenland now has a very high crime rate (for such a small population)

@hkm2282 3 жыл бұрын

Settles*

@Rescel1 3 жыл бұрын

And named the both lands accordingly Ah wait

@victor0491 2 жыл бұрын

Sigma Grindset

@t0xicator 4 жыл бұрын

“Because like... who wanna live in Canada?” Canadians: *Dude, uncool.*

@greateraviationgl91 4 жыл бұрын

*Oversimplifield has joined the chat*

@dvanerdivkanade 4 жыл бұрын

Canada is the American Switzerland (as told by Europeans)

@artman7780 4 жыл бұрын

Say sorry!

@stickman8459 4 жыл бұрын

Eh?

@bjornbjornson4 4 жыл бұрын

Ironically, many Icelanders (my great grandfather included) actually did move to Canada in the 1800s though

@legate6680 4 жыл бұрын

"This volcano." _Sad Eyjafjallajökull noises_

@sonuvabitch 4 жыл бұрын

Eyjafjallajökull isn't too difficult to say with a bit of practice

@slimmeryan9759 4 жыл бұрын

@@sonuvabitch thats true I learned it in geography class in the Netherlands

@highlordsarasutaalon96 4 жыл бұрын

Do be like dat

@appelsinan5777 4 жыл бұрын

Hououin Kyouma I mean it’s really easy. I didn’t even need to practise. I’m “definetly” not Icelandic

@hyoga4345 4 жыл бұрын

Well this is a pleasant surprise.

@laniel9007 4 жыл бұрын

Love to Iceland 🇮🇸 From Norway 🇳🇴

@perpotet4629 4 жыл бұрын

🇸🇯🇸🇯🇸🇯

@hhiippiittyy 4 жыл бұрын

Love to my Arctic neighbours across the pond. From Canada.

@AxelThorKolbeinsson 4 жыл бұрын

And the same love from Iceland.

@arnijonsson8651 4 жыл бұрын

Love Norway too 🇮🇸❤️🇳🇴

@gufosufo337 4 жыл бұрын

Norge!

@ravenlord4 4 жыл бұрын

And in 1972, Reykjavík was the site of one of the greatest battles of the entire Cold War. (Fischer - Spassky world chess championship) :)

@georgecaulfield8035 4 жыл бұрын

Fischer also went on to live in Iceland for the last years of his life.

@valdimareiriksson101 4 жыл бұрын

The Reykjavik Summit where Reagan and Gorbachev met during the cold war as a neutral meeting point

@AxelThorKolbeinsson 4 жыл бұрын

@@georgecaulfield8035 He was given an asylum for political and humanitarian reasons. He didn't have much choice, although he liked being here.

@JoeysShortsfortoday 3 жыл бұрын

raven lord 😔so sad that you know that...

@asgeirfririksson2194 2 жыл бұрын

The cod war not cold war

@gareginnzhdehhimself 3 жыл бұрын

The Icelandic language's similarity to Old Norse is not just from their isolation. The language also has few loanwords, with new words being made to describe foreign products or ideas. For example, the Icelandic word for "computer" is "tölvu," which means "number prophetess" and tank (as in the weapon" is "skriðdreki" or "crawling dragon"

@Volundur9567 8 ай бұрын

They also purged most loanwords from Latin, English and Danish.

@AtlasBlizzard 4 ай бұрын

"tölva", actually, "tölvu" is the conjugated version. The rest is correct, and I never thought about "crawling dragon" before 😄

@_FishOfFury_ 3 ай бұрын

It's odd. I've been Icelandic for the full 45 years of my life but the word "skriðdreki" is so natural in the Icelandic language that I have never even considered how it is put together by the two words "skrið" and "dreki" which indeed mean crawl and dragon. Now that it's been pointed out to me it is as obvious as a fart in a library.

@DHMenke 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, Mr Suibhne, I just finished watching your "Animated History of Iceland," and I enjoyed it very much. I subscribed some time ago. Your "unarmed" characters are entertaining. I am a retired university professor (astrophysics), and an amateur historian, etymologist, and anthropologist. I'm having fun in my retirement. I have been studying the cultural, history, and language of the Nordic nations, and your video seemed perfect; it was. Thank you. Now, about your name, "Suibhne," if that is your name, it appears to be Finnic in origin. Even so, your narration of the Animated history sounds almost perfect British English. Have a great day and stay safe from the Plague. - Dr David Menke, Tucson, Arizona, USA (I am of half German, half UK ancestry).

@johnoflaherty1018 2 жыл бұрын

Suibhne is the Irish version of the surname Sweeney. Jono

@EmyrDerfel 2 жыл бұрын

Based on his accent, I'd guess he's a New Zealander.

@princewhite71 6 ай бұрын

He is Australian, mate @@EmyrDerfel

@makaan1932 4 жыл бұрын

When Iceland was settled by Scandinavians, up to 40% was covered by forests and woodlands. Not exactly a frozen wasteland

@olafurbjornsson 4 жыл бұрын

Thats an old myth that wont die..

@_asphobelle6887 4 жыл бұрын

@philip Trevor True enough, but that's not the case in Iceland. Settlers cut down a lot of trees for their houses, their fires, and new boats for raiding, but trees there grow verrryyy slowly, so it was too much (much like what happened on the Easter Island).

@aricarl6799 4 жыл бұрын

All tall trees in iceland were planted there or brought from other countries, when iceland was discovered the trees were really tiny and the only mammal that lived there was the artic fox witch had presumably drifted there from an iceberg.

@tylersoto7465 4 жыл бұрын

After a few decades the Icelandic people ran out of wood and and got colder which was are to grow anything at all and had to give up there Independence to Denmark in the first place , but today they have big greenhouses to produce enough food for themselves , raise good amount of sheep and goats to provide skins, meat, milk and wool to make warm clothing etc, and have a big fish industry and have big hot springs to provide hot water and to relax in and hot springs have rich minerals in it to help with natural health to the people and get free electricity from the geothermal heat from the volcanoes etc and have discovered metals etc for more industry providing more jobs and economic growth

@tomcrigstar 3 жыл бұрын

when i was in Iceland it was explained to me that the climate used to be very temperate and had massive forests when it was settled. But during the little ice age that followed some time after it was settled, the climate changed dramatically. the Vatnajökull ice cap was formed and its glaciers have carved up the landscape ever since.

@Jokkkkke 4 жыл бұрын

Last time i was this early greenland was still green

@polaroid8338 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@bernardcornellisvanmeijere4375 4 жыл бұрын

😯😯😯😯

@chaosPneumatic 4 жыл бұрын

Stick around. With the way the climate's going, it should be green again soon!

@Unni_Havas 4 жыл бұрын

Around 1300 it was much warmer than today. So warm Southern England started take over France position as the largest wine producer. and back then, Iceland probably had a lot of wood and timber, now they have very few and small forests. In most of the Iceland there is no fores= no birds= shitloads of insects. They all die in the winter, but if you're visiting Iceland in the summer and plan to go outside the most urban areas, make sure you bring one of those face mask that goes over your entire head, with mini holes so you can see and breath. In some areas they are absolutely essential.

@kjartanruminy6297 4 жыл бұрын

Unni Håvås nah dude, this is so untrue. Forests were gone by 1100 or at the least 1200. And what makes you think that there are no birds in Iceland? Sure there are some insects but only at lakes and other large bodies of water are there massive amounts of them.

@Rexer73 4 жыл бұрын

Hello from Faroe island :)

@arnijonsson8651 4 жыл бұрын

Høgni Wang Sigurðsson Elska Færeyinga 🇮🇸❤️🇫🇴

@Adam-er5rc 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been, your islands are beautiful

@icelandinreallife2042 3 жыл бұрын

Komdu sæll!

@sataniccat-girlwithagun3300 3 жыл бұрын

**This is me making fun of you for living in a country that is smaller than Iceland cause we don't wanna be bullied but being small anymore** 👁-👁

@zazu7757 3 жыл бұрын

Hi back from the hebrides! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@NartNeyut01 4 жыл бұрын

Hey everybody is Leif Erikson’s Day! Dinga kinga kurging!

@petfama4211 4 жыл бұрын

Hinga dinga durgen**

@SamIAmSXE 4 жыл бұрын

Happy Leif Erikson day! Yager, hinger, dinger!

@trolllordbernard7808 4 жыл бұрын

Klasse 👍

@leifurgunnarsson2504 4 жыл бұрын

Eva Mailen Steinsvik There was not really a distinction between Norwegians and Icelanders back then so difficult to say that Leifr Eiríksson was Norwegian not Icelandic. Especially seeing as he was born in Iceland.

@vetarlittorf1807 4 жыл бұрын

@@evamailensteinsvik713 No he wasn't. He was born and raised in Iceland. He just had a Norwegian father.

@nathandouglas4416 Жыл бұрын

My grandparents came from Iceland in the last wave of Icelanders who settled in the communities of Gimli (Manitoba), Moutain (North Dakota), and Miniota (Minnesota). These three communities are well-known for their Icelandic heritage and Moutain celebrates "August the Duce," which is known to western Icelanders (called "Vesturíslensk" in Icelandic) as Icelandic Independence Day.

@Caprabone Жыл бұрын

Hello fellow 'Western Icelander' my grandmother's parents settled in Stoney Point, MB and my great great grandmother's family settled first in Icelandic River (now Riverton) and then moved to the Glenboro area.

@Volundur9567 8 ай бұрын

@@Caprabonethat explains the North Dakota connection in my family. We're predominantly German and Icelandic (some African, but mainly the first two). I always wondered how come they were over there.

@98danielmar 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, this video is phenomenal! The history is spot on, you avoided the infamous "we named it Greenland and Iceland to trick people" confusion and I couldn't find a single grammatical error in the translation! Serious props to you! Extremely nice to see our history handled so professionally and I can't wait to see more!

@burgerking2783 2 жыл бұрын

But… greenland was literaly named to trick people lol

@bird-war 2 жыл бұрын

@@burgerking2783 yea iceland wasnt so...

@burgerking2783 2 жыл бұрын

@@bird-war are you saying there is no ice in Iceland? If so you are mistaken and there is ice so its not terribly named

@bird-war 2 жыл бұрын

@@burgerking2783 no im saying that there is no green in greenland so that was a scam. Iceland wasn't

@Defferleffer 4 жыл бұрын

Icelanders has a very interesting way of naming people. The kid’s surname will be the father’s name plus “son” or “dóttir”. Example: father is called Hjálmar Vilhjálmsson, his son could for example be Jón Hjálmarsson.

@stoevo 4 жыл бұрын

Your animation style is so genius it makes me happy by just looking it.

@ewanmartel9797 4 жыл бұрын

7:37 "Who'd wanna live in Canada?" As a Canadian, I find myself quite perturbed by this, ree All kidding aside, great video. Cool to see such a small country get some attention

@tylertheroux4627 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, another Canadian!

@lukeh2556 4 жыл бұрын

It's pretty ironic actually since Canada has the largest Icelandic population (ancestral) living outside of Iceland. The town Gimli not far from where I'm from has been having a massive Icelandic festival annually for the last 100 years

@tylertheroux4627 4 жыл бұрын

@@lukeh2556 where are you from

@bernardcornellisvanmeijere4375 4 жыл бұрын

Which of the Provinces and Territories are y'all from? I'm from a small town (around 4,500 inhabitants) right outside of Ottawa.

@tylertheroux4627 4 жыл бұрын

@@bernardcornellisvanmeijere4375 I'm from a small french canadian town in manitoba around 1 hour west of winnipeg roughly 600 people

@matthewmcneany 4 жыл бұрын

Everybody: British: What if we invade first.

@sulwhale3171 4 жыл бұрын

okay do you guys also watch you tubers with these meme i know this channel isnt going into big history because some channel talk about that and go into poltical stuff which this channel isnt doing is like ibx2cat he has a minecraft channel but also has a one about life and dont get me started on the channel with those countries with those faces and make their own history attack

@ohhi5237 3 ай бұрын

British: what if WE get invaded first? British: GLORIOUS!

@AaronRAaron 4 жыл бұрын

Love my Iceland brothers, from Scotland

@Adam-er5rc 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@pog7126 3 жыл бұрын

I love Scotland to from Iceland

@RunnerRB 3 жыл бұрын

Im from iceland :3

@pog7126 3 жыл бұрын

@@RunnerRB halló íslendingur

@RunnerRB 3 жыл бұрын

seal boy hæ hæ

@micahistory 4 жыл бұрын

I had no idea Iceland had such an interesting history

@icelandinreallife2042 4 жыл бұрын

This is just scratching the surface

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 4 жыл бұрын

They don't talk much.

@daisnrelfarsson1237 3 жыл бұрын

If you are interested in learning more I would recommend reading Sturlunga saga and Laxdæla.

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 3 жыл бұрын

@@daisnrelfarsson1237 Can I get that in comic book form?

@6.............. 3 ай бұрын

@@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_MusicIts online

@Gondaldin 4 жыл бұрын

An excellent overview of Icelandic history. I did notice one error, though. Iceland did not gain home rule in 1874, it gained home rule in 1904. In 1874 Iceland gained its own constitution. It is also worth mentioning that the Act of Union that Iceland and Denmark signed in 1918 expired in 1943 and that is the main reason for the referendum which was held in 1944 and led to Iceland becoming a republic.

@icelandinreallife2042 4 жыл бұрын

Also Sveinn Björnsson did not form a wartime cabinet in 1940. The wartime cabinet (Þjóðstjórnin) was formed in April 1939 by the Icelandic Parliament and was headed by prime minister Hermann Jónasson.

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 4 жыл бұрын

What is Iceland's attitude towards NATO? Do they view it as sort of a continuance of an occupation?

@Secteer 4 жыл бұрын

@@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music Some people, mostly left leaning folk were very against american presence in Keflavík, and an annual demonstration march was held against NATO and the US base, but politically, most people do not have a problem with NATO.

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 4 жыл бұрын

@@Secteer Thank you for your reply. Hope everybody in Iceland doing well; Australia has not been much affected by COVID-19 so it may be a good time to be an island.

@antonfjolnisson7574 3 жыл бұрын

KEEP CALM and PLAY SOCCER IN YOUR PAJAMAS KEEP CALM and PLAY SOCCER IN YOUR PAJAMAS I agree with what Eiður said, it’s mostly people leaning to the left, our current PM said during elections that she wanted us out of NATO, she hasn’t mentioned in months. Must have seen what good NATO does. I myself support NATO and wish to remain in NATO. Hope everything is good with covid, cheers mate 🇮🇸🇦🇺

@maryavatar 3 жыл бұрын

This is really cool. I’m from Orkney, and grew up thinking I was a bit Scottish and a bit Norwegian (with some Welsh and Spanish thrown in to counteract all the inbreeding), so I was really surprised when an ancestry test said my Scandinavian side was most closely associated with Iceland. Thanks for teaching me more about my ancestral cousins!

@countryball4276 Жыл бұрын

Most Icelandic people has Norwegian ancestry

@UkSapyy 8 ай бұрын

All those Islands were settled around the time so it likely says Iceland because their settlers left around the same time those did for Orkney. Iceland kept its language whereas Norn died out meaning that oral history was lost unlike in Iceland. You could be Icelandic or more likely the Vikings that settled the two areas were related but the Vikings on Orkney became the minority after a few generations leaving Iceland to claim that genetic marker.

@Northy777. 8 ай бұрын

Orknøy is Norwegian Orknøy is Norwegian Orknøy is Norwegian Orknøy is Norwegian Orknøy is Norwegian Orknøy is Norwegian Orknøy is Norwegian Orknøy is Norwegian

@byzantinetales 4 жыл бұрын

icelandic sagas have been as far as writing about the adventures of Vikings in the Byzantine Empire! That's quite a thing considering the distances

@jonsichill5928 4 жыл бұрын

As an Icelander, I thank you for this great video :)

@legolas-xu6ou 4 жыл бұрын

It's so nice to see you uploading more often! Keep up the good work!

@fabovondestory 4 жыл бұрын

"...but in the meantime we got to see what these northern babarians would do isolated so far from the rest of the world." * He 111 heading in *

@TheTaleFoundry 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but when are you gonna do Brobdingnag and Lilliput??? Seriously though, this is fabulous. "Everyone was a barbarian." 😩👌 -Benji

@pavelmachytka5604 3 жыл бұрын

the novel where the land is taken over by GIANTS

@x.y.1215 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting. A great way to get a very general understanding of Icelandic history that allows one to explore certain interesting aspects in more detail. Thank you!

@liem11 4 жыл бұрын

Spends 3/4 of the video mentioning how hard life was in Iceland. End Card: "As an island in the middle of nowhere they have thrived into the modern age."

@Mosern1977 Жыл бұрын

It was filled with Norwegians. Of course it would thrive.

@Torsteinsson 7 ай бұрын

@@Mosern1977never filled with Norwegians as our settlers were quite evenly around 50/50 between norse and irish people

@MrLarryLicious 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I barely knew nothing about Icelandic history. Nobody seems to do videos about them.

@JoseWhon 4 жыл бұрын

This was absolutely brilliant - first video I've seen of yours - really engaging - Thanks!

@eyidjf99 4 жыл бұрын

"This Volacano" lmao

@tylersoto7465 4 жыл бұрын

Idk why volcano experts drill a hole in the side if the volcanoes to release pressure so it doesn't build up and explode everwhere like pompa

@itsconnorthomas9885 4 жыл бұрын

Animated History of Wales would be nice since you done England and Scotland

@vikingboat6347 4 жыл бұрын

I was in Wales, not much too see honestly 😆

@converter7 4 жыл бұрын

@@vikingboat6347 Wales has more history and culture then England and Scotland combined. We have a civilisation that predates the Romans.

@vikingboat6347 4 жыл бұрын

@@converter7 i was only in holyhead for one Day, maybe thats why i have this impression 🥴😆

@converter7 4 жыл бұрын

@@vikingboat6347 Maybe. You only reached a small island of the country.

@vikingboat6347 4 жыл бұрын

@@converter7 yesyes friend, it was only a joke. Would like to Explorer more but was there only for transit.

@ernie_arn3823 4 жыл бұрын

I’m from Iceland and I really enjoyed this video!! Great job with the names 🙃

@TravelingisFREEDOM Жыл бұрын

This seems to be a very interesting place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!

@limbridk 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a bit stunned by the fact you spelled every single Icelandic word correctly. Most creators of material like this are lucky to manage 10% of the words correctly spelled. Surely you must have had help from an Icelander? Or are you really just this great at details? In any case, well done.

@philiptucker7590 2 жыл бұрын

It’s called Google, and Copy & Paste Bro 😂

@niallquinn1478 Жыл бұрын

@@philiptucker7590 nnnnñ

@niallquinn1478 Жыл бұрын

@@philiptucker7590 knk

@niallquinn1478 Жыл бұрын

Kijkn

@niallquinn1478 Жыл бұрын

@Diegofpineda 4 жыл бұрын

The goal is to have more views than the Iceland's population

@hewhoneverdies001 4 жыл бұрын

Just 271.000 views to go...

@fani5000 4 жыл бұрын

Það er lítið mál ;)

@therandomname69420 3 жыл бұрын

Now it does lol

@jackkrause9953 4 жыл бұрын

For the next one my picks are 1.) Austria 🇦🇹 2.) Hungary 🇭🇺 3.) Czech Republic 🇨🇿 4.) Norway 🇳🇴 5.) Macedonia 🇲🇰

@jasongeorgiou4620 3 жыл бұрын

A video about Greece would also be interesting

@sigmaalpha8698 3 жыл бұрын

Jack Krause There is no country called “Macedonia”

@patrickbateman1540 3 жыл бұрын

@@sigmaalpha8698 It's called North Macedonia

@pavii5263 11 ай бұрын

@@patrickbateman1540 North Macedonia on paper, Macedonia in heart 🇲🇰♥️

@iCrapBubbles 4 жыл бұрын

Love the longer videos Suibh. I loved the earlier videos anyway but getting more content is great! :) Must be a lot more work though.

@ninalehman9054 3 жыл бұрын

I only recently found your channel and subscribed. This video was quite interesting. I live in the Sonoran Desert (Tucson, AZ). I would enjoy seeing titles involving the many cultures (living and past) found in the Southwest United States. I enjoyed your animated history of Mexico. Our native cultures are diverse and colorful and deserve attention.

@neosenju5099 4 жыл бұрын

Love your videos!! The art style, the music and of course the way info is delivered, congrats from Mexico! 🇲🇽 (btw, can we expect one video for Mexico?)

@ibsern 4 жыл бұрын

could you do some countries in the middle east? or maybe Norway for consistency sake?.

@lachlankettlewell8239 4 жыл бұрын

Love the videos mate keep it up

@sotirisfilippou2769 2 жыл бұрын

im from Greece and i was always excited with the idea of moving to Iceland . this video was so interesting for me ty :) well done

@nathanamata3993 4 жыл бұрын

How timely that I just started watching Vinland Saga as this released.

@mathiaskjeldgaardpetersen5926 4 жыл бұрын

00:52 Who told you 'Mark' means marsh? 'Marsk' means marsh. Mark is a field or borderland. (it's not called Danmarsk it's Danmark)

@Demothios 3 жыл бұрын

I think he got confused. The English used "mark" for borderlands, too, just naming it "march" (Welsh Marches and Scottish Marches) and once had a noble title called a "Marcher Lord". Since "marsh" and "march" (archaic English for border or frontier just like in Danish) can sound similar, particularly in plural, he probably confused the two words, and thought the "mark" part in Denmark came from "marsh", instead.

@renatajastrzebski3081 4 жыл бұрын

really enjoyed the conent. And loved your recognition of the problem we are all facing right now. Well done.

@asphaltrider_699 3 жыл бұрын

Loved the animation's! You become better and better with each video!

@the_cringe_nerd 3 жыл бұрын

For those who want more details of living life try watching Vinland Saga, it is a fictional Japanese animation but it is set in the Viking era and starts in Iceland. It is also a BRILLIANT watch and I HIGHLY recommend it.

@Ravishrex1 8 ай бұрын

It's 😊a excellent series.

@The_Daily_Tomato 4 жыл бұрын

A video about little old us? You do us honor sire, thank you :)

@jbkhan1135 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks for sharing! You earned a new subscriber!

@saplingandflint 4 жыл бұрын

I love you work! Thank you for the focus on smaller nation states as well. Appreciate the new content

@williamkreth 4 жыл бұрын

I love Iceland so much! Such a cool island! Their heated greenhouses are insane!

@GraemeMarkNI 4 жыл бұрын

“The Thing” is what we should call parliament 😜

@b1laxson 4 жыл бұрын

Tossing in the wooden carvings also had a practical side. It showed natural currents would tend to take ships to the same beach. In the days where ships, not land, was the main mode of travel coupled with less navigation options settling where latter ships could find you is a very good idea. Other locations might have currents pushing ships away.

@factsguy77 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making another video I'm a big fan of your channel.

@jeanclaudejunior 4 жыл бұрын

Could you do The Animated History of Canada. please? Including the First nations, Vikings and french colonisation?

@connorbingham5426 4 жыл бұрын

This is so cool, i love the way you show interest in the world’s most interesting countries! Please do the Baltics next!

@dimitriqqq 4 жыл бұрын

From the Baltic, only Lithuania has an interesting history. After all, the first states of Latvians and Estonians appeared in 1918. And Lithuania has existed since 1009 (1253) years :)

@antonijasrsen6231 3 жыл бұрын

your maps are amazing

@mikenaughton4298 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent way to tell a story. Always like your work.

@Kallikukurinn 4 жыл бұрын

Nice to see a video of my people. Just to add to the transition from Catholicism to Protestantism, the final chapter of that story is often attributed to the beheading of the final Catholic bishop Jón Arason and all his sons in 1550.

@Rolkarolix 4 жыл бұрын

Great job! make the history of Lithuania, I think it will be interesting!

@asgeir_8914 4 жыл бұрын

This video was a nice birthday present, Love that you made a video about our little volcanic rock.

@mike2ledo 8 ай бұрын

Amazing how their ancestors never gave up on this land, they and their legacy (the Icelanders) really deserved this place. Thank you for this video, I've learned something, and it is an honor to be here.

@bruh-wc1no 4 жыл бұрын

Animated History of Austria please! Would be awsome!

@An1989di 4 жыл бұрын

:3 you really want to remind the world that Austria startet two World Wars?

@knightofsvea604 4 жыл бұрын

@@An1989di Acctually it was the Serbiens who "started it" 😅

@An1989di 4 жыл бұрын

@@knightofsvea604 Their Duke did not do the dying move, did he? ;)

@An1989di 4 жыл бұрын

@Britannia As German Province. The one that kept fckn around outside the boarders. Also the not fogotten Incestials... I mean the Monarchs. We can also remember them being owned by Prussia. Well, not too much positive in the past for Austria.

@lukeh2556 4 жыл бұрын

Who would want to live in Canada? Well apparently Icelandic people do because Canada has the largest diaspora of Icelandic people living outside of Iceland. Like the town of Gimli, Manitoba still celebrates their heritage with a massive annual Icelandic festival

@hv1225 4 жыл бұрын

We call them west-Icelanders

@AxelThorKolbeinsson 4 жыл бұрын

There is Reykjavík, Manitoba. An interesting story behind that.

@kaleidoscopeuniform2789 2 жыл бұрын

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@kaleidoscopeuniform2789 2 жыл бұрын

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@Joe-md7uc 4 жыл бұрын

Bro! Thank you for doing a video about my great country. Even tho I know most of this, the video was really nice. Keep up the good work!

@everydaystoriesanimated2318 4 жыл бұрын

Top Quality Video *keep doing this. ❗️*

@rockthered8706 4 жыл бұрын

I've taken this time to read the Iliad, Oddysey, the Aeneid and the Poetic Edda. What better time than now?

@AverytheCubanAmerican 4 жыл бұрын

Iceland, Robbie Rotten's motherland. I'm sure he's watching this up there

@SmokeyD_ 4 жыл бұрын

Forever number one 🖐😔🤚1️⃣

@rickyxray2712 4 жыл бұрын

I met him twice! Hes such a nice guy! (Im icelandic)

@DaCheeseIsEpicSubToHim 4 жыл бұрын

I see u again

@DaCheeseIsEpicSubToHim 4 жыл бұрын

@@rickyxray2712 i see him too again

@oligultonn 4 жыл бұрын

In Iceland we call it "Föðurland" or Fatherland.

@JR-gh8lp 6 күн бұрын

Thank you for the good wishes and planning of traveling to Iceland 🇮🇸 this fall 2024

@siggidagureyjolfsson7742 3 жыл бұрын

Hello im from iceland and i really appreceate your work you are my favorite creater (i love history)

@karaliusking6833 4 жыл бұрын

A suggestion for a future video is the history of Lithuanian

@danielgrundtvig 3 жыл бұрын

Really nice video, just one nitpicky thing from the beginning: "mark" doesn't mean marsh in danish, it means field :) You probably meant "marsk" which is technically marsh, but the more common word is "mose". Not that it actually matters but it was something I noticed, being Danish myself.

@ReallyRealBenMills Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the word mark is the origin of the word march in English, too. Also, in the name Denmark, I believe that 'mark' has a more militarized meaning, in that it has also been used to refer to a frontier territory. So, you know, 'the Danish frontier.'

@danielgrundtvig Жыл бұрын

@@ReallyRealBenMills do you mean in the srnde of the word "slagmark" meaning battlefield? Usually the word mark is associated with a borderland, which follows its use in olddansk/gammeldansk

@thaerren 4 жыл бұрын

Love your vids!

@boo74567 4 жыл бұрын

The only channel I'll watch to the end even through the commercial to make sure he gets the full effect of me watching the video

@aksel_5537 4 жыл бұрын

Do Austria next !

@Queensage77 3 жыл бұрын

Iceland is the best place I've ever been, I wish I could move there.

@luisalmeida1391 4 жыл бұрын

Another beautifully done video. I love it how entertaining and informative they are. Excellent to use in classes, for instance! Only one thing...: "Tiny" volcanic island...? Not quite Nauru, with all due respect... :)

@LonelyCinderella123 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I'd rather call it small than tiny.

@joshuastarkloff9602 4 ай бұрын

I love how the Vikings would come across snow covered wastelands and think to themselves. "I love it here! Let's build some long houses here and make a village."

@i.b.d.695 4 жыл бұрын

You should do faroe islands next 👍👍❤

@Bobahat 4 жыл бұрын

Love from Denmark to our badass little sister Iceland! Keep being awesome.

@odinncool 4 жыл бұрын

It's badass little brother Iceland, and love right back at you Dane. :)

@RoccosVideos 4 ай бұрын

I went to Iceland in June 2022. If you have the opportunity to go I highly recommend it. I have an Iceland playlist if you want to check it out.

@leornendeealdenglisc 8 ай бұрын

Wonderful video. Liked your humour. Greetings from Canada.

@HelgiWaag 4 жыл бұрын

@6:55 "This makes the Althing the oldest parliament in the world" The Faroese Lögting is probably a bit older tho.

@hewhoneverdies001 4 жыл бұрын

Já, sennilega rétt hjá þér.

@vetarlittorf1807 4 жыл бұрын

No it isn't.

@HelgiWaag 4 жыл бұрын

@@vetarlittorf1807feel like backing your claim up with any source or argument?

@blegh9585 3 жыл бұрын

It isn’t i’ve searched but Alþing always comes as the oldest

@HelgiWaag 3 жыл бұрын

@@blegh9585 what do you mean by "always"? Show me a source that compares them directly then.

@Heatmaker 4 жыл бұрын

I like how Greenland is the icy island and Iceland is the green island

@einar9994 4 жыл бұрын

Lol have never heard that one before

@NetherPrime 4 жыл бұрын

It really isn't all that green, especially in winter.

@vetabeta9890 4 жыл бұрын

Dead meme

@MarinoMoons 4 жыл бұрын

it wasn't like that 1000 years ago and ''Eiríkur Rauði'' settled in the south part of the island where there was some greenery. And it was also a marketing scam that still remains today

@magnusorn7313 4 жыл бұрын

@@MarinoMoons there is still greenery in those same spots

@Mamala2024 3 жыл бұрын

You’re literally better than the history channel. Thank you for making these vids!

@bilalmega3349 3 жыл бұрын

Was just watching the series Viking. It's showing how Floki took a group of settlers to settle Iceland. Gave you a thumbs up for that alone.

@alengrm7488 4 жыл бұрын

Can you do Slovenia next time plz🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮

@micahistory 4 жыл бұрын

It's crazy how iceland actually beat the United Kingdom several times

@gunnara1459 4 жыл бұрын

That's why the brits hate us, and we're not so fond of them either.

@ivarmarkusson382 4 жыл бұрын

to be fair.. it has allot to do with the americans being on our side. we where an importand air base to them during the cold war

@micahistory 4 жыл бұрын

@@ivarmarkusson382 oh

@tylersoto7465 4 жыл бұрын

@@gunnara1459 sorry to hear brother and I support Iceland because they are a people who wanted there own freedom and choose there own destiny and even though they went through a lot they stocked it out and made it happen god bless

@bewecepet9812 4 жыл бұрын

Please do History of Egypt next. There's so much there you could even do multiple parts

@keraatkins7833 4 жыл бұрын

I am going to subscribe to your channel you taught me something new

@gauntlettcf5669 4 жыл бұрын

Everyone: makes fun of France for falling under the nazis in a month. Denmark: gets ridiculously conquered in 6 hours and no one makes fun of them. Everyone: we don't even know where Denmark is.

@TheECSH 4 жыл бұрын

to be fair, France and everyone else viewed France as a great power, so it shouldn't have crumbled like that. None of the other European countries that fell to Germany had that status. Even Hitler was surprised that they took France with relative ease. I'm sure the French people are annoyed that everyone keeps bringing this up, but unfortunately this is what happened, and the image is pretty much stuck.

@makri870 4 жыл бұрын

Denmark send a squad on bicycles to the border to defend against German tank divisions.

@kristianbager4373 4 жыл бұрын

12 hours the fighting didnt stop after 6 hours

@hedone13x 4 жыл бұрын

Magiont line

@gauntlettcf5669 3 жыл бұрын

@@kristianbager4373 oh, I'm sorry, this makes a huge difference. I will never doubt Denmark's fighting abilities ever again. 12 hours are so much different than 6 hours, when defeating a nation. How silly of me.

@grift5853 4 жыл бұрын

This video: exists Vinland Saga readers/watchers: Allow us to introduce ourselves

@Amusia727 4 жыл бұрын

Damian Lehner Big weeb energy

@fidelinthepacific4127 4 жыл бұрын

Vinland Saga is the exact reason why I looked up for a video on the history of Iceland. Never knew about this interesting history until then.

@daisnrelfarsson1237 3 жыл бұрын

@@fidelinthepacific4127 If you want to learn more I personally recommend Laxdæla. It is written about a "small" family feud that happened sometime between 900 - 1100.

@IreneSalmakis 6 ай бұрын

I love how Iceland and Hawai'i are oddly similar. They are both volcanic islands with unique local flora and fauna, they are both fairly large landmasses that remained virgin lands until about the 10th century AD, and they were both settled about this time by two hardy peoples with sophisticated transoceanic seafaring traditions seeking new lands away from the entrenched social strata of their original homes.