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Sigurd the Stout
Viking Earl of Orkney · Lived 960 to 1014 · aged 54
Sigurd Hlodvirsson, popularly known as Sigurd the Stout from the Old Norse Sigurðr digri, was an Earl of Orkney. The main sources for his life are the Norse Sagas, which were first written down some two centuries or more after his death.
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Excerpt from Njáls saga in the Möðruvallabók (AM 132 folio 13r) circa 1350![St Martin's Cross on Iona dates from about 800 AD, and would have been a landmark when Earl Sigurd ruled the Hebrides.[22]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/St_Martins_Cross_on_Iona.jpg/1280px-St_Martins_Cross_on_Iona.jpg)
St Martin's Cross on Iona dates from about 800 AD, and would have been a landmark when Earl Sigurd ruled the Hebrides.[22]![King Olaf Tryggvason of Norway, who is said to have forcibly Christianised Orkney.[34] Painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Peter_nicolai_arbo%2C_olaf_tryggvasson_king.jpg/330px-Peter_nicolai_arbo%2C_olaf_tryggvasson_king.jpg)
King Olaf Tryggvason of Norway, who is said to have forcibly Christianised Orkney.[34] Painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo.
Battle of Clontarf, oil on canvas painting by Hugh Frazer, 1826
Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, showing a Norman knight carrying what appears to be a raven banner
The Scar boat burial plaque found on the island of SandayAbout this person
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