Equus Islandia

THE FIRST HORSES came to Iceland in the ninth century with the Viking settlers from Norway and the British Isles. Iceland was settled between 874 AD and 935 AD. The settlers came in open boats and brought their lifestock with them. Before that, Iceland's biggest mammal was the arctic fox. The settlers were very often indipendent people that didn't want to be ruled by the norwegian king, thus moving to this island without any
kings. The settlers couldn't take many animals with them when moving to Iceland, their ships weren't big enough. So propably the chiefs only took the best of their best when bringing horses to Iceland, and when there were enough horses,import stopped.The nature molded the breed there after.