Vikings already discovered Americas(North America, to be exact) in 10th century(of course, there were already people living there, but Vikings were first Europeans to visit the so-called New World). Norway did own Greenland by this point but by mid-14th century, it was already hard to stay connected between Greenland & Norway and, as result, all of its settlements vanished by the start of 16th century and they didn't come back to Greenland until 1721, when Denmark-Norway started to colony Greenland again. Of course, Norway don't own Greenland now as it stayed with Denmark after Norway split from Denmark in 1815, only to be picked up by Sweden in yet another personal union before finally got its independence back in 1905 after centuries of personal union, which started in late 14th century, with either Denmark, Sweden, or both.
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