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Thorfinn Torf-Einarsson [1] also known as Thorfinn Skull-splitter [2] (from the Old Norse Þorfinnr hausakljúfr) [3] was a 10th-century Earl of Orkney. He appears in the Orkneyinga saga and briefly in St Olaf's Saga, as incorporated into the Heimskringla. These stories were first written down in Iceland in the early 13th century and much of ...
Son of Torf-Einarr Rognvaldsson 910 with Erlend and Arnkel to 954 [24] alone 954–963 [21] [e] Arnfinn Thorfinnsson Son of Thorfinn Torf-Einarsson 963 Havard Thorfinnsson Hávarðr inn ársæli "Harvest-happy" Son of Thorfinn Torf-Einarsson On Arnfinn's death Ljot Thorfinnsson Son of Thorfinn Torf-Einarsson On Havard's death c. 980 [f] Hlodvir ...
Einarr Rognvaldarson (fl. early 890s–c. 910), often referred to by his byname Torf-Einarr (sometimes anglicised as Turf-Einar), was one of the Norse earls of Orkney. The son of the Norse jarl Rognvald Eysteinsson and a concubine , his rise to power is related in sagas which apparently draw on verses of Einarr's own composition for inspiration.
Thorfinn (Þorfinnr) is a Scandinavian name, which originally referred to the god Thor and which survived into Christian times. Notable people with the name include: Thorfinn Torf-Einarsson (died c. 963), Earl of Orkney; Thorfinn Karlsefni (fl. 1010), Icelandic explorer; Thorfinn the Mighty or Thorfinn Sigurdsson (1009?–c. 1065), Earl of Orkney
Thorfinn Torf-Einarsson, Donnchad's son-in-law having married his daughter Gruaidh, was a powerful Earl of Orkney from an unknown date until his death c. 963. [16] However, there is no specific reference to him as a Mormaer of Caithness. 978 [17] –980s? Skuli Thorfinnsson Son of Gruaidh and Thorfinn, supported by Kenneth II of Alba. [4]
Sigurd's line barely survived him and it was Torf-Einarr, Rognvald's son by a slave, who founded a dynasty that controlled the Northern Isles for centuries after his death. [61] Note 6 ] He was succeeded by his son Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson and during this time the deposed Norwegian king Eric Bloodaxe often used Orkney as a raiding base before ...
It is also said that the protagonist Thorfinn's father, Thors, was a Jomsviking until he became a pacifist, fleeing Jomsborg with his wife. In the 2003 Polish film An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God by Jerzy Hoffman , Jomsvikings are portrayed as marauders in the service of the main antagonist Popiel .
Magnus's grandparents, Thorfinn the Mighty, Jarl of Orkney and his wife Ingibiorg Finnsdottir, had two sons, Erlend and Paul, who were twins. Through Ingibiorg's father Finn Arnesson and his wife, the family was related to the Norwegian Kings Olav II and Harald II .