Grímur Kamban

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This postage stamp from Postverk Føroya illustrates the Nordic conquest in the west. However, the arrow from the Faroe Islands to the British Isles is a bit misleading because men like Grímur Kamban very likely came from there.

Grímur Kamban [ ˈgɹʊiːmʊɹ ˈkamban ] ( Old Norse : Grímr , in later literature also Grim ) lived in the 9th century and is considered the first Nordic settler in the Faroe Islands during the Viking Age .

The Faroese According to Grímur Kamban to in today Funningur on the island Eysturoy have settled. Today it is assumed that this happened around the year 825 and not under the rule of Harald Fairhair , as the saga reports.

Nothing is known about Grímur Kamban other than his name. Researchers suspect that the name Kamban suggests an origin from Ireland , the Hebrides or the Isle of Man , where Vikings settled at that time . It could also be that he was one of the first Christians from Norway to be proselytized by Irish monks.

Kamban's grandson Þórólfur (Tórolvur) was nicknamed smør (= butter ) because he contradicted the thesis of Flóki Vilgerðarson at the time that Iceland would only consist of ice (hence the name), rather butter should drip from every blade of grass.

literature

  • GVC Young: Fra vikingetiden til reformationen . Rosenkilde og Bagger, Copenhagen 1982, ISBN 87-423-0371-0 , (Original title: From the Vikings to the Reformation )
  • Don Brandt: Postage stamps tell the story of the Faroe Islands . Self-published, Reykjavík, 1996, ISBN 9979-91944-2 , p. 12 f.
  • Lutz Mohr : On the early history of the Faroe Islands with special consideration of the "Celtic" and "Viking times" from the 7th to 11th centuries . In Tjaldur ("oystercatcher"). Bulletin of the German-Faroese Circle of Friends e. V., Düsseldorf-Kiel, Vol. 4, Issue 7/1991, pp. 8-19
personal data
SURNAME Grímur Kamban
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grímr; Grim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION first Nordic settler in the Faroe Islands during the Viking Age
DATE OF BIRTH 8th century or 9th century
DATE OF DEATH 8th century or 9th century