Ingólfr Arnarson

Ingólfr Arnarson
Ingolf tager Island i besiddelse by Johan Peter Raadsig (1850)
Bornc. 849
Rivedal, Sunnfjord, Kingdom of Fjordane
Diedc. 910
Reykjavík, pre-Commonwealth Iceland
OccupationSeafarer
Known forFirst permanent Norse settler in Iceland
ChildrenÞorsteinn Ingólfsson (son) Þórny Ingolfsdóttir (daughter)
RelativesÖrn Björnólfsson (father); Hjörleifr Hróðmarsson (blood brother)

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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