Ingólfr Arnarson
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Ingólfr Arnarson, in some sources named Bjǫrnólfsson,
is commonly recognized as the first permanent Norse settler of Iceland, together with his wife Hallveig Fróðadóttir and foster brother Hjörleifr Hróðmarsson. According to tradition, they settled in Reykjavík in 874.
Ingolf tager Island i besiddelse by Johan Peter Raadsig (1850)
The famous statue by Einar Jónsson, up on Arnarhóll in Reykjavík
Monument at Ingólfshöfði, the site where Ingólfur is said to have passed his first winter in Iceland
Statue of Ingólfur Arnarson at Rivedal in Sogn og Fjordane
Einar Jónsson
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Einar Jónsson was an Icelandic sculptor, born in Galtafell, a farm in southern Iceland.
The artist in studio, c. 1923 – 1930. The bas relief behind him is from his Jón Sigurðsson monument in Reykjavik
Þorfinnur Karlsefni (1920)