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Thorfinn the Mighty
11th-century Earl of Orkney · Norway · On the map · Lived 1009 to 1065 · aged 56
Thorfinn Sigurdsson, also known as Thorfinn the Mighty, was an 11th-century Jarl of Orkney. He was the youngest of five sons of Jarl Sigurd Hlodvirsson and the only one resulting from Sigurd's marriage to a daughter of Malcolm II of Scotland.
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![The Brough of Deerness - a Viking age ecclesiastical ruin here is associated with Thorkel Fosterer.[19]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Brough_of_Deerness_from_the_West_-_geograph.org.uk_-_491361.jpg/500px-Brough_of_Deerness_from_the_West_-_geograph.org.uk_-_491361.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
The Brough of Deerness - a Viking age ecclesiastical ruin here is associated with Thorkel Fosterer.[19]
A coin from the reign of Olaf Haraldsson of Norway dated 1023-28.
Kalf Arnesson with the young Magnus at the Battle of Stiklestad: 19th century illustration by Halfdan Egedius
Papa Stronsay, the supposed location of Rognvald Brusason's death at the hands of Thorkel Fosterer![St. Magnus Church, Birsay. The site is a possible location for Thorfinn's "Christ Kirk".[50]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/St._Magnus_Church.JPG/1280px-St._Magnus_Church.JPG?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
St. Magnus Church, Birsay. The site is a possible location for Thorfinn's "Christ Kirk".[50]![One of two surviving pages of an early version of the Heimskringla known as the "Kringla leaf", which is kept in the National and University Library of Iceland. The text is part of Óláfs saga helga.[63]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lbs_fragm_82%2C_0001r_-_0.jpg/1280px-Lbs_fragm_82%2C_0001r_-_0.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
One of two surviving pages of an early version of the Heimskringla known as the "Kringla leaf", which is kept in the National and University Library of Iceland. The text is part of Óláfs saga helga.[63]![Modern statue in Bremen Cathedral of Archbishop Adalbert of Hamburg, who may have met with Earl Thorfinn and who appointed Bishop Thorulf of Orkney.[50]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Bremen_Adalbert_Buecker.jpg/500px-Bremen_Adalbert_Buecker.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Modern statue in Bremen Cathedral of Archbishop Adalbert of Hamburg, who may have met with Earl Thorfinn and who appointed Bishop Thorulf of Orkney.[50]
The Scar boat burial whalebone plaque found on the island of SandayAbout this person
He ruled alone as jarl for about a third of the time that he held the title and jointly with one or more of his brothers or with his nephew Rögnvald Brusason for the remainder. Thorfinn married Ingibiorg Finnsdottir, daughter of Finn Arnesson, Jarl of Halland.