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    Tróndur í Gøtu (Icelandic: Þrándur í Götu, Old Norse Þrǫ́ndr í Gǫtu) (c. 945 – 1035) was a Viking Age chieftain in the Faroe Islands. He is remembered...
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    Faroe Islands, Varðin í Gøtu, is based in Syðrugøta. Varðin í Gøtu owns several large fishing vessels, trawlers, like Tróndur í Gøtu, Finnur Fríði, Jupiter...
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  • Tróndur is a Faroese masculine given name and may refer to: Tróndur Bogason (born 1976), Faroese composer and musician Tróndur í Gøtu (c. 945– 1035),...
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    Tróndur í Gøtu is a Faroese a fishing trawler and purse seiner. It belongs to the Faroese company Varðin, based in Syðrugøta. Tróndur í Gøtu is active...
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    the Icelandic saga, Færeyinga saga, called Tróndur í Gøtu (Old Norse: Þrǫ́ndr í Gǫtu) lived here. Tróndur was a heathen Viking-chief who ruled all of...
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    his tactics, went with armed men to the residence of the chieftain Tróndur í Gøtu and broke in his house by night. He offered him the choice between accepting...
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    his tactics, went with armed men to the residence of the chieftain Tróndur í Gøtu and broke in his house by night. He offered him the choice between accepting...
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    Grímur Kamban's conquest of the country around 825 until the death of Tróndur í Gøtu, the last Viking chieftain on the Faroe Islands in 1035, and the rise...
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    Christianity in 999. Resistance to the new religion led by the notorious Tróndur í Gøtu was quickly suppressed, and even though Sigmundur himself lost his life...
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    murdered after his long swim from Skúvoy in an attempt to flee from Tróndur í Gøtu. When Sigmundur came ashore exhausted to what he thought would be safety...
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    ended in 1035 when Tróndur í Gøtu died and Leivur Øssursson (the son-in-law of Sigmundur Brestisson) became liege lord under king Magnus I of Norway. Yet...
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    was defined particularly by Sigmundur's conflict with rival chieftain Tróndur í Gøtu, the latter of whom was converted under threat of decapitation. Although...
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  • and antihero of the story is Þrándr Þorbjarnarson (in Modern Faeroese Tróndur í Gøtu), who lives at Gøta on Eysturoy. At the beginning of the story, the...
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  • a 2.2 km tunnel through a mountain named the new club in honour to Tróndur í Gøtu, a Viking chief from around 1,000 years ago who lived in the settlement...
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  • Norwegian legate Karl of Møre ends Olav's attempts. 1035 – Death of Tróndur í Gøtu, the last Viking chieftain of the Faroes. Leivur Øssursson becomes Christian...
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    (approximate date) Judah ben David Hayyuj, Jewish linguist (approximate date) Tróndur í Gøtu, Viking chieftain (approximate date) January 21 – Yang Tan, Chinese...
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    in his farm on Skúvoy and that he was attacked here by his old enemy Tróndur i Gøtu who was heathen. Sigmundur fled from by jumping into the sea and swimming...
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  • Hayyuj, Jewish linguist (approximate date) Tróndur í Gøtu, Viking chieftain (approximate date) 946 Henry I, duke of Burgundy (d. 1002) Henry II ("the...
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    Debes, conservative rebel Floksmen, Faroese rebels in the Middle Ages Tróndur í Gøtu, Viking age chieftain Magnus Heinason, national hero, naval hero and...
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  • However, as long as Tróndur í Gøtu lived, it was clear that King Olaf would not have full control of the Faroes. After Tróndur í Gøtu's death in 1035, King...
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    related to Eivør Pálsdóttir. Official website Tutl.com (Faroese label) Í Gøtu ein dag Archived 26 February 2005 at the Wayback Machine (Faroese text of...
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    Haralds hins hárfagra flýðu fyrir hans ofríki fjöldi manna; settust sumir í Færeyjum og byggðu þar, en sumir leituðu til annarra eyðilanda. There was...
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  • Tórshavn, capital of the Faroe Islands. There he offered the chief Tróndur í Gøtu the boys Sigmundur Brestisson and Tóri Beinisson as slaves for sale...
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    was eventually attacked at his home by his first (forced) convert, Tróndur í Gøtu, swam to another island to escape, and was finally killed by a farmer...
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  • killed by a local farmer. After this episode, Sigmundur's main opponent, Tróndur í Gøtu, and his foster son, Leivur Øssursson, remained the only lords of the...
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  • "Hold the Heathen Hammer High" Heri Joensen Heri Joensen 4:50 2. "Tróndur í Gøtu" Faroese traditional, Joensen Faroese traditional 4:01 3. "Into the...
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    "Gandkvæði Tróndar" (Curse of Tróndur í Gøtu) "Til Føroya I–III" (To the Faroes I–III) "Mín Sorg" (My Sorrow) "Loki" "I búri" and "Slatur" ("Songbird"...
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    Christianity under Sigmundur Brestisson and with the resistance of Tróndur í Gøtu. This was the Romantic Age, and Norse literature was very much in vogue...
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    Circle. Retrieved 17 May 2022. Adriansen, Inge (2003). Nationale symboler i det danske rige 1830-2000. Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 371–373. ISBN 9788772897943...
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    Wozzeck Gavin Bryars – From Egil's Saga, bbc.co.uk From Egils Saga; Trondur I Gøtu, gavinbryars.com Rúni Brattaberg Bass, runibrattaberg.com Metropolitan...
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