Person
Ingólfr Arnarson
848 CE – 910 CE · aged 62
Viking settler of Iceland
- Born
- 848 CE · Rivedal
- Died
- 910 CE · Iceland
Part ofNorway848 CE – today
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- 848 CEBornBorn in Rivedal
- 910 CEDiedDied in Iceland
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Biography
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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