Bjǫrn the Easterner

Bjǫrn Ketilsson, nicknamed the Easterner (Old Norse: austræni), was a Norwegian Viking of the 9th century.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Bjǫrn.

Biography

He was the son of Ketill 'Flatnose' Bjǫrnsson and Yngvild Ketilsdottir. He emigrated to Iceland following his father's expulsion from Norway by King Harald Fairhair (Harald hårfagre) and the seizure of their lands in the north of Norway. He was a settler on the peninsula of Snæfellsnes and lived in a farm at Bjarnarhöfn.[1]

Bjǫrn is a character in such works as Laxdæla saga, Eyrbyggja saga, and Eirik the Red's Saga. His genealogy is described in detail in the Landnámabók.[2]

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See also

References
  1. "Bjarnarhöfn". west.is. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  2. translation by Muriel A. C. Press (1880). "Chapter 1 - Of Ketill Flatnose and his Descendants, 9th Century A.D." Laxdæla saga. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

Other sources
  • Magnusson, M., Pálsson, H. Laxdæla saga 1969, Penguin Classics
  • Landnámabók


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