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Ingólfr Arnarson
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ingolfr Arnarson, Ingólfr Bjǫrnólfsson, Ingolfr Bjornolfsson, Ingolfur Arnarson, Ingólfur Bjornolfsson, Ingolfur Bjornolfsson
Viking settler of Iceland
Key facts
- Born
- c. 849 , Rivedal, Sunnfjord , Kingdom of Fjordane
- Died
- c. 910 , Reykjavík , pre-Commonwealth Iceland
- Occupation
- Seafarer
- Known for
- First permanent Norse settler in Iceland
- Children
- Þorsteinn Ingólfsson [ is ] (son) Þórny Ingolfsdóttir (daughter)
- Relatives
- Örn Björnólfsson (father); Hjörleifr Hróðmarsson ( blood brother )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Norway
- Place of death
- Iceland
- Occupation
- gothi
- Languages spoken
- Old West Norse
- Image
- Ingolf by Raadsig.jpg
- Work location
- Iceland
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- date of birth
- 0848-00-00
- date of death
- 0910-00-00
- Commons category
- Ingólfur Arnarson
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
The famous statue by Einar Jónsson, up on Arnarhóll in Reykjavík Monument at Ingólfshöfði, the site where Ingólfr is said to have passed his first winter in Iceland Ingólfr Arnarson, in some sources named Björnólfsson, (c. 849 – c. 910) is commonly recognized as the first Icelander, when he became the first Norse settler of Iceland, together with his wife Hallveig Fróðadóttir and foster brother Hjǫrleifr Hróðmarsson. According to tradition, they settled in Reykjavík in 874.
Biography
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