What is an island natoin settled by vikings still uses the vikings Norse language and has very little pollution due to geothermal and hydroelectric power?

Answer 1

Answer 1:

Nowhere on earth is the Viking dialect of Old Norse still spoken. You're probably thinking of Iceland. Icelandic, like the Scandinavian languages, is directly descendent from the Old Norse spoken by Vikings. Icelanders still use the naming customs of the Norse as well. Instead of a family name, many Icelanders use a patrynomic surname. For instance, if my name was Leif, and my father was Eric the Red, I would be called Leif Ericson. If I decided to name my son Bjorn, he would be called Bjorn Leifson, and so on.

Of course, If you were looking for an answer other than Iceland, the Faroe Islands also fit your description. The Faroes are located between Iceland and Norway, and are a territory of Denmark. Most Faroese people speak Danish and English, but the Faroese language is also similar to Old Norse in the same way Icelandic or Norwegian is.

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Answer 2:

Iceland.

In terms of language, Modern Icelandic is very similar Old West Norse. Some slight pronunciation changes, but a modern Icelander can open up the Poetic Edda (a thousand year old collection of Norse myths) and read it with ease.

I would also like to add to the above answer about the naming system, that a "nickname" would become a formal name. For example, my son's surname would be Michaelson. However, since many of my peers call me "Ponytail" (for obvious reasons) my son would actually be called Ponytailson. This can be seen in effect in Egil's Saga. Egil's grandfather, Ulf, had a very bad temper at night. So he became known as Kveldulf (Night Wolf). His son's name was Grim Kveldulfson. Grim became bald by the time he was 20 years old, and became known as Skalagrim (Skull Grim). His son is known as Egil Skalagrimson.

Answer 2

Iceland fits this description. It was settled by Vikings and still uses the Norse language. Iceland relies on geothermal and hydroelectric power, leading to very low pollution levels.