Progress or Mistake?
This article focuses on the ideas behind the introduction of reindeer to Iceland, how the Danish authorities played a role and the attitudes that prevailed among Icelanders towards this new species in Icelandic nature. The Danish authorities had reindeer exported from Finnmark in Norway to Iceland i...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:0178aa0d01b64a70a8033a16a970a484 2023-05-15T16:13:34+02:00 Progress or Mistake? Unnur Birna Karlsdóttir 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7557/4.5682 https://doaj.org/article/0178aa0d01b64a70a8033a16a970a484 DA EN FR NO SV dan eng fre nor swe Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/1700/article/view/5682 https://doaj.org/toc/1652-4772 https://doaj.org/toc/2001-9866 doi:10.7557/4.5682 1652-4772 2001-9866 https://doaj.org/article/0178aa0d01b64a70a8033a16a970a484 Sjuttonhundratal, Vol 18 (2021) reindeer reindeer herding reindeer husbandry Iceland Finnmark Norway Modern history 1453- D204-475 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7557/4.5682 2022-12-31T09:11:18Z This article focuses on the ideas behind the introduction of reindeer to Iceland, how the Danish authorities played a role and the attitudes that prevailed among Icelanders towards this new species in Icelandic nature. The Danish authorities had reindeer exported from Finnmark in Norway to Iceland in the late eighteenth century. They adapted to the Icelandic environment and grew in numbers, except for the first imported little flock, which seems to have died out soon. The idea of bringing reindeer to Iceland came from a few Icelandic officials, who asked the Danish authorities for support. The reindeer kept themselves in the remote heaths and highlands in the districts where they roamed free from the beginning. Nevertheless, in harsh winters, they fled the highlands and came down to the lowlands to graze. This caused frustration among farmers, who complained to the authorities and demanded permission to hunt reindeer to defend their grazing land and obtain reindeer meat for their households. Article in Journal/Newspaper Finnmark Iceland reindeer husbandry Finnmark Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Norway 1700-tal: Nordic Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies 18 104 126 |
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This article focuses on the ideas behind the introduction of reindeer to Iceland, how the Danish authorities played a role and the attitudes that prevailed among Icelanders towards this new species in Icelandic nature. The Danish authorities had reindeer exported from Finnmark in Norway to Iceland in the late eighteenth century. They adapted to the Icelandic environment and grew in numbers, except for the first imported little flock, which seems to have died out soon. The idea of bringing reindeer to Iceland came from a few Icelandic officials, who asked the Danish authorities for support. The reindeer kept themselves in the remote heaths and highlands in the districts where they roamed free from the beginning. Nevertheless, in harsh winters, they fled the highlands and came down to the lowlands to graze. This caused frustration among farmers, who complained to the authorities and demanded permission to hunt reindeer to defend their grazing land and obtain reindeer meat for their households. |
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