Svínfellingar family clan
Medieval Icelandic clan
The Svínfellings (or Svínfellingar) were a family clan in the medieval Icelandic Commonwealth. They ruled the Eastern Region of Iceland. Their forefather was Flosi, one of the Burners of Njal. Their name is derived from the clan's Svínafell homestead in Öræfi.
References
- Árni Daníel Júlíusson, Jón Ólafur Ísberg, Helgi Skúli Kjartansson Íslenskur sögu atlas: 1. bindi: Frá öndverðu til 18. aldar Almenna bókafélagið, Reykjavík 1989
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- Sturlungar
- Ásbirningar
- Oddaverjar
- Haukdælir
- Vatnsfirðingar
- Svínfellingar
- Snorri Sturluson
- Sighvatr Sturluson
- Sturla Sighvatsson
- Þórður kakali Sighvatsson
- Sturla Þórðarson
- Gissur Þorvaldsson
- Kolbeinn ungi Arnórsson
- Brandur Kolbeinsson
- Eyjólfur ofsi Þorsteinsson
- Battle of Víðines (1208)
- Battle of Örlygsstaðir (1238)
- Battle of the Gulf (1244)
- Battle of Haugsnes (1246)
- Flugumýri Arson (1253)
- Haakon IV of Norway
- Hallvarður gullskór
- Vassalage
- Old Covenant
- Icelandic Commonwealth
- Jarldom
- Alþingi
- Goðorð
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