Gardar Svavarsson (also known as Garðarr Svavarsson and Garðar Svavarsson) was a Swedish Viking who was the first Scandinavian to live in Iceland, although only for one winter. The term Viking is used to denote the ship-borne explorers, traders and warriors who originated in Norway, Iceland, Denmark and Sweden and raided the coasts of the British Isles, France and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century. ... Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe named after the Scandinavian Peninsula. ...

According to Haukr Erlendsson's edition of Landnámabók, he owned land in Zealand (Denmark) and he was married to a woman from the Hebrides. During a voyage to these isles (in the 860s) in order to claim his inheritance from his father-in-law, he sailed into a storm at Pentland Firth. This storm pushed his ship far to the north until he reached the eastern coast of Iceland. He circumnavigated the island, becoming the first known person to do so and thus establishing that the landmass was an island, and went ashore at Skjálfandi. He built himself a house and stayed for the winter. Since then, the place has been called Húsavík. Haukr Erlendsson ( ? -1334) was the writer of the famous Hauksbók. ... Landnámabók (the book of settlement), is one of the strangest of the works of Icelandic literature. ... Zealand (Danish: Sjælland ) is the largest island of Denmark. ... The Hebrides The Hebrides comprise a widespread and diverse archipelago off the west coast of Scotland, and in geological terms are composed of the oldest rocks in the British Isles. ... Events First attack on Constantinople by Swedish Vikings (the Rus, see Varangians). ... The Pentland Firth, which is actually more of a strait than a firth, separates the Orkney Islands from Caithness, which is in the far north of the Highland area of Scotland. ... Skjálfandi, geologically more a bay than a fjord, is located in the North of Iceland. ... Disambiguation, see also Húsavík, Faroe Islands Location in Iceland County Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla Constituency Northeast Area 270 km² ( 104. ...

Having returned he praised the new land and called it Garðarshólmi. Nothing is known of his fate afterwards, but his son Uni emigrated to Iceland and his grandson Hróar is named as the goði at Tunga. The term gothi (goði), in Norse mythology, refers to the person who administered the Blóts. ...

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