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    Grímr Kamban was, according to the Færeyinga saga, the first Norse settler in the Faroe Islands. The modern Faroese form of the name is Grímur, but it...
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    Viking Grímur Kamban was the first settler in the Faroes. The Norwegians must have known about the isles before leaving Norway. If Grímur Kamban had settled...
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  • Grímur Hákonarson (born 1977), Icelandic film director and screenwriter Grímur Jónsson Thorkelin (1752–1829), Icelandic–Danish scholar Grímur Kamban (fl...
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    the Faroe Islands was a man named Grímur Kamban – Hann bygdi fyrstr Færeyar, it may have been the land taking of Grímur and his followers that caused the...
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    his son as hostage, and submits to Frankish rule (approximate date). Grímur Kamban becomes the first man to set foot in the Faroe Islands, and settles...
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  • emigration of Grímur Kamban as sometime during the reign of King Harald Hårfagre, between 872 and 930. The Saga of Óláfr Tryggvason indicates that Kamban was residing...
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    The Viking Age in the Faroe Islands lasted from Grímur Kamban's conquest of the country around 825 until the death of Tróndur í Gøtu, the last Viking...
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    Norway. He was one of the earliest settlers on the Faroe Islands after Grímur Kamban became the first to settle there around 825. Landnámabók, a medieval...
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    Tradition says that the first viking who settled on the Faroe Islands, Grímur Kamban, settled in Funningur. He was a Norwegian Viking escaping the tyranny...
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  • understood from the beginning of Færeyinga Saga in Flateyjarbók that Grímur Kamban settled in the Faroes when Harald Fairhair was king of Norway (c.872-930...
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    Administration. Retrieved 15 November 2012. "Viking history : 825 – Grímur Kamban arrived at Faroe islands". Viking history. Retrieved 12 December 2023...
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    chieftain Magnus Heinason, national hero, naval hero and privateer Grímur Kamban, first settler Naddoddur, Viking and settler Nólsoyar Páll, national...
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  • his son as hostage, and submits to Frankish rule (approximate date). Grímur Kamban becomes the first man to set foot in the Faroe Islands, and settles...
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    islands when Norwegian settlers settled there. The first settler named Grímur Kamban, and the settlement should have been done something before the year...
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  • the Faroe Islands was a man named Grímur Kamban – Hann bygdi fyrstr Færeyar, it may have been the land taking of Grímur and his followers that caused the...
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    version of Færeyinga saga in Ólafs Saga Tryggvasonar: Maður er nefndur Grímur kamban; hann byggði fyrstur manna Færeyjar. En á dögum Haralds hins hárfagra...
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    Freygeirr Garðar Svavarsson Godfrid Haraldsson Godfrid, Duke of Frisia Grímur Kamban Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir Gunnar Hámundarson Guthred Guthrum Hakon Rognvaldsson...
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  • 825, but maybe some of the monks stayed in the Faroes. About 825 – Grímur Kamban is said to be the first Norse settler in the Faroes at the place, which...
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    popular favourite amongst their stamp issues for the year. "Atlantis" "Grímur Kamban" "Gandkvæði Tróndar" (Curse of Tróndur í Gøtu) "Til Føroya I–III" (To...
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    2004 Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark Crown Prince of Denmark 2004 Grímur Kamban First man on Faroe Islands according to Færeyinga Saga 2004 Mary, Crown...
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    Nikulásson Medieval 1469 1520 Author of Rauðskinna Grímur Hákonarson Contemporary 1977 Living Screenwriter Grímur Thomsen Modern 1820 1896 Poet Guðbergur Bergsson...
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  • 1923* Hadda Padda Hadda Padda co-production Gunnar Robert Hansen Guðmundur Kamban 1923 Ævintýri Jóns og Gvendar Ævintýri Jóns og Gvendar short film Loftur...
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  • 29 May 2013 Grótta 3–1 Höttur Gróttuvöllur, Seltjarnarnes 19:15 Grímur Björn Grímsson 12' Pétur Theódór Árnason 63' Hjörvar Hermannsson 86' Report Högni...
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