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Njáll Þorgeirsson

Icelandic lawyer · Lawyers · Lived 930 to 1011 · aged 81

Njáll Þorgeirsson was a 10th and early-11th-century Icelandic lawyer who lived at Bergþórshvoll in Landeyjar, Iceland. He is one of the main protagonists of Njáls saga, a medieval Icelandic saga which describes a series of blood feuds.

Njáll Þorgeirsson is read about 12 times a day, in 10 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 14 August 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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According to Guðbrandur Vigfússon, "although it is certain, that Njáll has existed, yet the Njáll, which Njáls saga describes, has never lived."