The settlement of Iceland began in 1000.
Iceland . According to the ancient manuscript Landnámabók , the settlement of Iceland began in the year 874 AD when the Norwegian chieftain Ingólfr Arnarson became the first permanent settler on the island . The settlement of Iceland ( Icelandic : Landnámsöld ) is generally believed to have begun in the second half of the 9th century , when Norse settlers migrated across the North Atlantic .