Before you even enter the impressive glass museum where the
Viking longboat Íslendingur is housed, you will see the kneeling statue of
Hrafna-Flóki and his raven, the first Norseman to travel to Iceland. It is not known exactly when he settled in
Iceland but it is likely that he sailed to Iceland on a boat similar to the
Islendingur when he left western Norway stopping off at the Shetland Isles and
the Faroe Islands where he picked up 3 ravens to help him navigate to Iceland,
earning him the nickname Hrafna-Flóki, Hrafna meaning Raven.
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| Hrafna-Flóki and his raven |
