<P> In the periodisation of Icelandic history, therefore, the age of settlement is considered to have ended in the year 930 with the establishment of Alþingi; at this point the Icelandic Commonwealth period is considered to begin . </P> <P> Archeological evidence shows, however, "that immigrants continued to arrive in Iceland throughout the 10th century". The authors of one study speculate that "continued immigration may have been needed to sustain the population". </P> <P> Landnámabók claims that the first Norseman to rest his feet on Icelandic soil was a viking by the name of Naddoddr . Naddoddr stayed for only a short period of time, but gave the country a name: Snæland (Land of Snow). He was followed by the Swede Garðar Svavarsson, who was the first to stay over winter . At some time around 860, a storm pushed his ship far to the north until he reached the eastern coast of Iceland . Garðar approached the island from the east, sailed westward along the coast and then up north, building a house in Húsavík . He completed a full circle, circumnavigating the island and establishing that the landmass in question was indeed an island . He departed the following summer, never to return but not before giving the island a new name--Garðarshólmur (literally, Garðar's Island). One of his men, Náttfari, decided to stay behind with two slaves . Náttfari settled in what is now known as Náttfaravík, close to Skjálfandi . Landnámabók maintains that Náttfari was not a permanent settler . </P> <P> "There was a man by the name Flóki Vilgerðarson . He was a great Viking . He left to find Garðarshólmur ."--Landnámabók </P>

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