Ingólfr Arnarson
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Person
- Born
- 0848-00-00
- Died
- 0910-00-00
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Climatological mean and decadal change in surface ocean pCO2, and net sea–air CO2 flux over the global oceans
· 2009 · cited 1,755x
- Toward the Decentralized Electrochemical Production of H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>: A Focus on the Catalysis
· 2018 · cited 1,165x
- Activity–Selectivity Trends in the Electrochemical Production of Hydrogen Peroxide over Single-Site Metal–Nitrogen–Carbon Catalysts
· 2019 · cited 787x
- Mechanisms of pore water organic matter adsorption to montmorillonite
· 2000 · cited 232x
- The rapid and cost-effective capture and subsurface mineral storage of carbon and sulfur at the CarbFix2 site
· 2018 · cited 175x
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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 )
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Key dates
- Born
- 848
- Died
- 910
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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
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Article
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.
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