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    as Arnarson, Arnarsson, Arneson, Arnesson or Ørnsson. "Ingólfur Arnarson - The First Icelander". sagamuseum.is. Retrieved January 20, 2016. "Ingólfr Arnarson...
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    settlement of Iceland began in 874 AD, when the Norwegian chieftain Ingólfr Arnarson became the island's first permanent settler. In the following centuries...
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  • Arnarson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ingólfr Arnarson (c. 849–c. 910), first permanent Nordic settler of Iceland Örn Arnarson...
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    the age of settlement in Iceland to have begun with settlement by Ingólfr Arnarson around 874, for he was the first to sail to Iceland with the purpose...
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    Iceland was established at Reykjavík by Ingólfr Arnarson circa AD 870, as described in the Book of Settlement. Ingólfr is said to have decided the location...
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  • compilation known as Landnámabók. Hjörleifr was the blood brother of Ingólfr Arnarson, the first settler of Iceland in the late 9th century. While raiding...
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    the settlement of Iceland began in 874, when the Norwegian chieftain Ingólfr Arnarson became the first permanent Norwegian settler on the island. Over the...
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    ("Law Rock"), located at the center of Þingvellir. The descendants of Ingólfr Arnarson, the first settler of Iceland, held the ceremonial position of allsherjargoði...
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  • Commonwealth, held by the goði who held the goðorð of the descendants of Ingólfr Arnarson, the first settler of Iceland. The role of the allsherjargoði was to...
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    territories outside the Frankish sphere, and subjugates the Vistulans. Ingólfr Arnarson arrives from Norway, as the first permanent Viking settler in Iceland...
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    distribute imported goods. The holder of the goðorð of the descendants of Ingólfr Arnarson, the first Scandinavian to settle permanently in Iceland, had the ceremonial...
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    related to Erik the Red and his son, Leif Erikson.[unreliable source?] Ingólfr Arnarson Settlement of Iceland Scott Michael Rank, Ph.D. "Viking Explorations...
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    Raadsig made the painting Ingolf tager Island i besiddelse, depicting Ingólfr Arnarson, the first Norse settler of Iceland, newly arrived on the site of what...
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    called themselves Ostmen or Austmenn – "East-men".) Not long after Ingólfr Arnarson arrived in Iceland, his blood brother Hjörleifr Hróðmarsson was murdered...
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    Hjörleifr Hróðmarsson. He was the first settler to come to Iceland with Ingólfr Arnarson. In the Middle Ages there was a fishing lake called Kerlingarfjörður...
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    parallels among gods and heroes. The myth of the Icelandic settlers Ingólfr Arnarson and Hjörleifr Hróðmarsson, which appears in the legendary account of...
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    Iceland is usually considered to have been a Norwegian chieftain named Ingólfr Arnarson. According to the story, he threw two carved pillars overboard as he...
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    mentions that Iceland was discovered in the time of Harald Fairhair by Ingólfr Arnarson and Hjörleifr Hróðmarsson. The work describes the history of the Yngling-dynasty...
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    another Icelandic historian, Prof. Helgi Þorláksson, the story of Ingólfr Arnarson's settlement seems to be accurate and in accordance with other sources...
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    held the goðorð (an administrative division) of the descendants of Ingólfr Arnarson, the first settler of Iceland. The role of the allsherjargoði was to...
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    BP Atlantic / Northern Europe Iceland CE 874 / 1,076 BP Reykjavík Ingólfr Arnarson, the first known Norse settler who came from mainland Norway, built...
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  • Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson,: p.232–236  Garðar Svavarsson: p.229–232  and Ingólfr Arnarson: p.237–250  took refuge in some of the most inhospitable places, as...
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  • associated with the abbot Ingulph, a 12th-century Abbot of Abingdon Ingólfr Arnarson, 9th-century settler of Iceland Ingulf the Mad, title of a 1989 fantasy...
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  • Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2011. Ingólfur Arnarson was said to be the first settler. He was a chieftain from Norway, arriving...
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    Hervor Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson Hvitserk Ingvar the Far-Travelled Ingólfr Arnarson Ivar the Boneless Jomsvikings Ketilsdóttir Ketill Flatnose Ketil Trout...
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    traditionally considered Iceland's first female settler. She was married to Íngolfr Arnarson, the first settler of Iceland and founder of Reykjavík. According to...
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  • European settlement in the Americas. Founding is given as 874 CE by Ingólfr Arnarson in the Landnámabók. Reykjavík is located west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge...
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    places where these monks lived. The story in Landnámabók is that as Ingólfr Arnarson and his followers had lived during the winter at Geithellar in Álftafjörður...
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  • Norsemen who sailed with the foster brothers Hjörleifr Hróðmarsson and Ingólfr Arnarson. They fell out, however, over Ingolfur's sister Helga, who married...
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  • Hebrides first. Bjorn followed his family to the Hebrides ten years after Ingólfr Arnarson had settled in Iceland. This suggests a date c884 for Bjorn's voyage...
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