Orkneyinga saga characters

King of Norway

10th-century Norwegian ruler

King of Norway

Wife of Eric Bloodaxe

Fornjót (Old Norse: Fornjótr) is a jötunn in Norse mythology, and the father of personified natural forces: Hlér ('sea'), Logi ('fire') and Kári ('wind'). He is also portrayed as the ancestor of the royal dynasty of Ynglings, ruling over the mythic northern lands of Finnland ("land of the Sámi") and Kvenland. The principal study of this figure is by Margaret Clunies Ross.

9th century Norse viking and first Jarl of Møre

Earl of Orkney

11th-century Earl of Orkney

Viking Earl of Orkney

Einarr Rognvaldarson ( early 890s–c. 910), often referred to by his byname Torf-Einarr (sometimes anglicised as Turf-Einar), was one of the Norse earls of Orkney. The son of the Norse jarl Rognvald Eysteinsson and a concubine, his rise to power is related in sagas which apparently draw on verses of Einarr's own composition for inspiration. After battling for control of the Northern Isles of Scotland and a struggle with Norwegian royalty, Einarr founded a dynasty which retained control of the islands for centuries after his death.

Viking warlord, Earl of Orkney

858-888

9th-century Norwegian poet and noblewoman

Viking warrior

King of the Isles

Viking warlord, Earl of Orkney

Norwegian Earl of Orkney

King of Moray

Orkney peer