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		fulafel on July 6, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Didn’t Denmark Sell Greenland? Indeed. Also consider that vikings managed to colonise Iceland but not Greenland.

EdwardDiego on July 6, 2019 [–]

But they did colonise Greenland. They were there for 500 years.

kzrdude on July 6, 2019 | | [–]

And Greenland is still Danish, so the decendants of the vikings did manage to hold on to it, even after their settlements died out, they came back.

fulafel on July 6, 2019 | | [–]

Well, they had a struggling little outpost. Greenland is vast.

Edit: i'm wrong, they did spread out some.

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