Valdemar II
Banned
Right , I see that. But I personally would like to see a different name. Maybe the Norse equivalent of "Ivory Land" or something else referring to walrus hunting. Benland or Beinland would seem to mean "Boneland" and could refer to ivory. But I don't know any Scandinavian languages at all and am just paddling around the Internet looking for possibilities.
I do like Markland for the Americas, since it seems so obvious. I'm still unsure about the status the Viking-Americans would have in this TL. Originally I had imagined a much more viable Vinland that gradually fades into the fabric of the continent, sort of like the Kievan Rus. I also imagined the Hanseatic merchants exploiting America at a much later date. Now I'm not so sure about it.
Ivory would be interesting, but one problem Ivory is rather long word in modern scandinavian (Elfenben), and it's the same in all languages so either they have lacked a word for it and adopted the German "Elfenbein" or it has existed in the early Germanic Language (something I find likely). Directly it mean Elf Bone, so a potential name could be Elfland. Of course that the Norse equalant of calling the country Ogreland/Monsterland, not something which will make it popular with the emigrants, of course Elf could also be assosiated with Alfs, and in that case it would also be synonym with fertility and riches.