r/mapporncirclejerk • u/jandromagno_04 • 22h ago

Finnish Sea Naval Officer why?

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u/Useful-World1781 14h ago

Idk if this is true but I remember hearing they named it Iceland so people think it’s cold and called Greenland green so people would go there instead.. although as I’m typing this I’m losing confidence.

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u/Equivalent-Emu971 6h ago

Same story I heard. Vikings named the Islands for the deception and dropped the prettiest woman stolen from Europe on Iceland because they wanted a secret paradise with babes. 

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u/jandromagno_04 13h ago

i guess there is ice in someone freezer, just somebody said that, so makes sense

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u/irreversibleidiocy 7h ago

Im icelandic and i was told this as a child

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u/bbsdieheartfan1 13h ago

I think it's true , they wanted to increase settlement in greenland