Louis Barron. in the "Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations." recalls the steps that led to the June 17 declaration by the Icelandic people: Icelands first settler. Ingolfur Arnarson. sailed from his native Norway to Iceland and settled at what is now Reykjavik in 874. During the late 9th and early 10th centuries the island was settled by other Norwegians fleeing from the oppressive rule of their king and by smaller groups of Scottish and Irish emigrants. In 930 a central legislative and judicial assembly. the Althing. was established. and a uniform code of laws for the entire country was compiled. Christianity �was introduced in 1000. but the memory of the old pagan religion was preserved in 12th.century and 13thcentury Icelandic literature.
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