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Most questions about a successful Vinland seem to focus on its affect on the Americas-but I was curious to learn what its effect in Europe would be. A successful Vinland colony would rob many modern day Icelanders of their ancestors (as said ancestors would stay in Vinland, instead of going back to Iceland and Greenland and having kids there), completely butterflying the people of Iceland so that individuals different from our timeline exist and act on the stage of history.

I don't know very much about Icelandic history, so what effect would this have in Europe? I know that Denmark was involved with Iceland politically and militarily, so how would an Iceland with different individuals, involved in trade with a thriving Vinland colony, affect Denmark? And how could this, in turn, affect Denmark's allies and enemies in Scandinavia and other parts of Europe?
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