Herjólfr Bárðarson

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Viking farms in Greenland with Herjulf snes

Herjólfr Bárðarson (Herjulf Bårdsson) was one of the land collectors in Greenland in the Viking Age (800-1050 AD).

He first lived in Iceland on Drepstokki. He was the son of Bárðr Herjólfsson and married to Þorgerðr. His son Bjarni Herjúlfsson was the first European to sight the American continent in 986 after going off course.

Herjólfr was one of Erik the Red's followers who left Iceland on 25 Viking ships in 985 to colonize Greenland. Of these 25 ships, however, only 14 made it to Greenland , including that of Herjólfr.

According to the Icelandic land register , his family settled at Herjólfsfjörðr on the Herjólfsnes peninsula south of Brattahlíð , today's Ikigaat (south of Nanortalik ).

literature

  • Greenlander and Faroese stories. Transferred from Felix Niedner (= Thule, Vol. 13). Jena 1929, reprint Düsseldorf, Cologne 1965.
  • Iceland's settlement and oldest history. Transferred from Walter Baetke (= Thule, Vol. 23). Jena 1928, reprint Düsseldorf, Cologne 1967.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Grænlendinga saga chap. 2.
  2. ↑ Landnámabók 2nd book chap. 14th
  3. ↑ hálfr þriði tögr, literally 'half of the third ten', i.e. 20 plus 5. Felix Niedner's translation '20' is wrong.
  4. ↑ Grænlendinga saga chap. 1.
personal data
SURNAME Herjólfr Bárðarson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herjulf Bårdsson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Member of the first settlers in Greenland (Herjulfnes)
DATE OF BIRTH at 930
PLACE OF BIRTH Iceland
DATE OF DEATH after 990
Place of death Greenland