Dog breed

Icelandic Sheepdog

Origin: Iceland

Also known as: Islenskur Fjárhundur

The Icelandic Sheepdog, is an Icelandic breed of dog of Nordic Spitz type. It derives from dogs brought to Iceland by Viking settlers in the ninth century; it is both similar and closely related to the Buhund of Norway and the Vallhund and Norrbottenpets of Sweden, which derive from the same ancestral stock.

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Sources & references

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Sheepdog
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q38710

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