Vikings
Eric the Red
Eric the Red
he founded Greenland and colonized it.
Greenland was colonized by the Danish. However it is possible that people first lived in Greenland in 2500 BC.
Erik the red
The people who were involved in the Western Settlement were Norsemen consisting of groups of farming communities. They came from both Greenland and Iceland.
Hans Peder Steensby has written: 'The Norsemen's route from Greenland to Wineland' -- subject(s): Discovery and exploration
Leif Ericson and some other Norsemen of the eleventh century sailed to Newfoundland, except they called it Vinland. They spent a winter there, but didn't stick around.Source: The National Experience. It's a textbook. Do you need to know more?
The norsemen were called Vikings.
barbairians Berserkers and Danishman
The area where the Norsemen were allowed to settle by the French king, roughly correspond to the Normandy region.
Leif Erikson did. His nickname was Leif the Lucky. He named Greenland Greenland because the name Greenland sounded like a warm, sunny place with green plant life in it. But, Greenland is VERY cold. The people who settled there probably mad at Leif when they found out what frigid temperatures they would be living in.