Floki the boat builder, a character played by Swedish actor Gustaf Skarsgård in the History channel's Vikings television series, is loosely based on Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson. In season 5 of the show he arrives in Iceland, believing he has found Asgard. See also Settlement of Iceland Timeline of Icelandic history Naddoddur — the first Scandinavian to discover Iceland, though accidental Garðar Svavarsson — second, also accidental References Sources Further reading Byock, Jesse (1988) Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas and Power (University of California Press) Byock, Jesse (2001) Viking Age Iceland (Penguin Books) Hjalmarsson, Jon R. (1993) History of Iceland - From Settlement to the Present Day (Reykjavík: Iceland Review ) Jones, Gwyn (1986) The Norse Atlantic Saga: Being the Norse Voyages of Discovery and Settlement to Iceland, Greenland, and North America (Oxford University Press) Karlsson, Gunnar (2000) The History of Iceland (University of Minnesota Press) Viking explorers Hrafna-Floki Vilgerdarson 9th-century Vikings