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Hámundur heljarskinn Hjörsson (c.846) was a ninth-century Viking ruler known as one of the first settlers of Eyjafjörður, Iceland. He was the twin brother of Geirmundur heljarskinn and son to the King of Hordaland, Hjör Hálfarson. [1]
According to the Landnámabók, Hámundur undertook the settlement alongside his father-in-law Helgi Eyvindarson. Hámundur was the first to arrive at Árskógsströnd, Svarfaðardalur established property South of Hörgá, in Hámundarstöðum. Having learned that his cousin Örn had founded a settlement in Arnarfjörður, he decided to move in order to be closer to him, building a new farm at Arnarnes. He was the first goði of Esphælingar clan.
Hámundur first married Helga Ingunn, a relationship from which a son, Þórir Hámundsson, was born. After Ingunn's death, he married his own sister Helga, after she had been widowed by Auðunn rotinn Þórólfsson.[2]
- ^ Ólason, Páll (1976). Islenzkar æviskrár frá landnámstímum til ársloka 1940 (1948-1976) (in Icelandic). Reykjavík: Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag.
- ^ "Hámundur "heljarskinn" Hjörsson, prince of Rogaland - Geni".
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