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Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson

Viking warlord, Earl of Orkney · Lived 910 to 977 · aged 67

Thorfinn Torf-Einarsson also known as Thorfinn Skull-splitter was a 10th-century Earl of Orkney. He appears in the Orkneyinga saga and briefly in St Olaf's Saga, as incorporated into the Heimskringla.

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These stories were first written down in Iceland in the early 13th century and much of the information they contain is "hard to corroborate".

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Lived 910 to 977 · aged 67