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search  Naddod (Old Norse: Naddoðr or Naddaðr, literally
"studded")[1] was a Faroese Viking who is credited with the
discovery of Iceland. Naddod was also one of the first settlers
on the Faroe Islands after Grímur Kamban became the first to
settle there around 825. Naddod was born in Agder, which
comprises the two Norwegian counties of Aust-Agder and Vest-
Agder.[2]  Landnámabók, a medieval Icelandic manuscript,
describes in considerable detail the settlement (Icelandic:
landnám) of Iceland by the Norse in the 9th and 10th century.
According to Landnámabók, Iceland was discovered by Naddod, who
was sailing from Norway to the Faroe Islands, but got lost and
drifted to the east coast of Iceland. Naddod came upon the shore
of a land with a bay and mountains near what is today the
Icelandic town of Reyðarfjörður. Although he climbed a mountain
to look for smoke rising from fireplaces he saw no sign of
humans. Naddod decided to continue his journey to the