# Ketil Trout

> Ketil Thorkelsson, better known by his nickname Ketil Trout or Ketil Salmon, was a Norwegian military commander (hersir) of the late ninth century who settled in Iceland around 900 CE. He appears in Egils saga, the Landnámabók, and other Icelandic sources.

*9th-century Viking, a son of Thorkel*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ketil-trout

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 840
- **Status:** unknown
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Ketil Thorkelsson, better known by his nickname Ketil Trout or Ketil Salmon, was a Norwegian military commander (hersir) of the late ninth century who settled in Iceland around 900 CE. He appears in Egils saga, the Landnámabók, and other Icelandic sources.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 36.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 3.9 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 5.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 25.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Ketil Trout (Iceland)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketil_Trout_(Iceland))
- [Ketil Thorkelsson](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketil_Thorkelsson)
- [Ketil Thorkelsson](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketil_Thorkelsson)
- [Ketill hængur Þorkelsson](https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketill_h%C3%A6ngur_%C3%9Eorkelsson)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2020625)

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