Norse settlement of Greenland
Event in History
Norse settlement of Greenland has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Lex Fridman Podcast. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Lars BrownworthAmerican historian, author of The Sea Wolves and The Normans, and creator of the 12 Byzantine Rulers podcast
Brownworth says the Greenland colony ultimately failed because the settlers did not adapt their way of life.
“one of the reasons the Greenland experiment fails ultimately in 300 years is they fail to adapt”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #495 – Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking Age (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 1:13:49
Podcasts
- Lex Fridman Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
#495 – Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking AgeLex Fridman Podcast · Apr 9, 2026 · 2 h 10 min
Historian Lars Brownworth tells Lex Fridman about the Viking Age, from Lindisfarne and Ragnar Lothbrok to Normandy, Vinland, the Varangian Guard and the Byzantine Empire.