GREEN LAND MISSIONARY
The Greenlander and Eric sagas say that Leif Eriksson was the man who introduced Christianity to Greenland. But Magnus Magnusson reported that Jon Johannesson of Iceland proved conclusively that Leif did not introduce Christianity to Greenland as the sagas report. King Olaf's historians do not credit him with a Christian Greenland even though the sagas said that Leif made the introduction during King Olaf's reign. (Magnusson, 1966)
In Norway and in Iceland there is recorded evidence of a violent imposition of Christianity from the leading men of the country onto the common people. A similar process probably happened in Greenland.
