Ingólfr Arnarson
Viking settler of Iceland
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Updated 2026-05-29
Got the first settler slot in Iceland—Ingólfr Arnarson arrived in Reykjavík around 874 with his wife and foster brother, earning the label of "first Icelander" by default. Not much else to go on, but that's a pretty solid founding-father credential.
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Ingólfr Arnarson, in some sources named Björnólfsson, is commonly recognized as the first Icelander, when he became the first Norse settler of Iceland, together with his wife Hallveig Fróðadóttir and foster brother Hjǫrleifr Hróðmarsson. According to tradition, they settled in Reykjavík in 874.
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