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    Celand (: Landnámabók

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    Iceland is a Nordic island country located in the North Atlantic. It has a population of around 332,529 people, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which is home to over two-thirds of Iceland's population. Iceland has a temperate climate despite its high latitude, which is influenced by the Gulf Stream. The settlement of Iceland began in 874 AD by Norwegian settlers. Iceland gained independence from Denmark in 1944 and has developed a prosperous economy focused on fishing, tourism, and renewable energy. Icelandic culture is rooted in Scandinavian heritage and the Icelandic language is closely related to other Nordic languages.

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    Iceland is a Nordic island country located in the North Atlantic. It has a population of around 332,529 people, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which is home to over two-thirds of Iceland's population. Iceland has a temperate climate despite its high latitude, which is influenced by the Gulf Stream. The settlement of Iceland began in 874 AD by Norwegian settlers. Iceland gained independence from Denmark in 1944 and has developed a prosperous economy focused on fishing, tourism, and renewable energy. Icelandic culture is rooted in Scandinavian heritage and the Icelandic language is closely related to other Nordic languages.

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    Iceland is a Nordic island country located in the North Atlantic. It has a population of around 332,529 people, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which is home to over two-thirds of Iceland's population. Iceland has a temperate climate despite its high latitude, which is influenced by the Gulf Stream. The settlement of Iceland began in 874 AD by Norwegian settlers. Iceland gained independence from Denmark in 1944 and has developed a prosperous economy focused on fishing, tourism, and renewable energy. Icelandic culture is rooted in Scandinavian heritage and the Icelandic language is closely related to other Nordic languages.

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    Iceland is a Nordic island country located in the North Atlantic. It has a population of around 332,529 people, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which is home to over two-thirds of Iceland's population. Iceland has a temperate climate despite its high latitude, which is influenced by the Gulf Stream. The settlement of Iceland began in 874 AD by Norwegian settlers. Iceland gained independence from Denmark in 1944 and has developed a prosperous economy focused on fishing, tourism, and renewable energy. Icelandic culture is rooted in Scandinavian heritage and the Icelandic language is closely related to other Nordic languages.

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    celand ( /aslnd/; Icelandic: sland pronounced: [istlant])[7] is a Nordic island country in

    the North Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of 332,529 and an area of


    103,000 km2 (40,000 sq mi), making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe. [8] The
    capital and largest city is Reykjavk. Reykjavk and the surrounding areas in the southwest of the
    country are home to over two-thirds of the population. Iceland is volcanically and geologically
    active. The interior consists of a plateau characterised by sand and lava fields, mountains and
    glaciers, while many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands. Iceland is warmed by
    the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate, despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic
    Circle. Its high latitude and marine influence still keeps summers chilly, with most of the
    archipelago having a tundra climate.

    According to the ancient manuscript Landnmabk, the settlement of Iceland began in the year
    874 AD when the Norwegian chieftain Inglfr Arnarson became the first permanent settler on the
    island.[9] In the following centuries, Norwegians, and to a lesser extent other Scandinavians,
    emigrated to Iceland, bringing with them thralls of Gaelic origin. The island was governed as
    an independent commonwealth under the Althing, one of the world's oldest functioning legislative
    assemblies. Following a period of civil strife, Iceland acceded to Norwegian rule in the 13th
    century. The establishment of the Kalmar Union in 1397 united the kingdoms of Norway,
    Denmark and Sweden. Iceland thus followed Norway's integration to that Union and came under
    Danish rule after Sweden's secession from that union in 1523. Although the Danish kingdom
    introduced Lutheranism forcefully in 1550, Iceland remained a distant semi-colonial territory in
    which Danish institutions and infrastructures were conspicuous by their absence. In the wake of
    the French revolution and the Napoleonic wars, Iceland's struggle for independence took form
    and culminated in independence in 1918 and the founding of a republic in 1944. Until the 20th
    century, Iceland relied largely on subsistence fishing and agriculture, and was among the poorest
    in Europe. Industrialisation of the fisheries and Marshall Plan aid following World War II brought
    prosperity, and Iceland became one of the wealthiest and most developed nations in the world. In
    1994, it became a part of the European Economic Area, which further diversified the economy
    into sectors such as finance, biotechnology, and manufacturing.

    Iceland has a market economy with relatively low taxes compared to other OECD countries.[10] It
    maintains a Nordic social welfare system that provides universal health care and tertiary
    education for its citizens.[11] Iceland ranks high in economic, political and social stability and
    equality. In 2013, it was ranked as the 13th most-developed country in the world by the United
    Nations' Human Development Index.[6] Iceland runs almost completely on renewable energy.
    Affected by the ongoing worldwide financial crisis, the nation's entire banking
    system systemically failed in October 2008, leading to a severe depression, substantial political
    unrest, the Icesave dispute, and the institution of capital controls. Some bankers were jailed.
    [12]
    Since then, the economy has made a significant recovery, in large part due to a surge
    in tourism.[13][14][15]

    Icelandic culture is founded upon the nation's Scandinavian heritage. Most Icelanders are
    descendants of Germanic and Gaelic settlers. Icelandic, a North Germanic language, is
    descended from Old Norse and is closely related to Faroese and West Norwegian dialects. The
    country's cultural heritage includes traditional Icelandic cuisine, Icelandic literature and medieval
    sagas. Iceland has the smallest population of any NATO member and is the only one with no
    standing army, its lightly armed coast guard being in charge of defence.[16]

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