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- Garðar_Svavarsson abstract "Garðarr Svavarsson (modern Icelandic: Garðar Svavarsson, modern Swedish: Gardar Svavarsson) is considered by many to be the first Scandinavian to live in Iceland, although he is said to have stayed only for one winter. He and his family appear in the Icelandic Sagas with the principal source from Haukr Erlendsson's edition of Landnámabók. Garðarr Svavarsson owned land in Zealand (Denmark). He was married to a woman from the Hebrides. During the 860s, he needed to claim his inheritance from his father-in-law. During a voyage to these isles, he sailed into a storm at Pentland Firth. This storm pushed his ship far to the north until he reached the eastern coast of Iceland. He circumnavigated the island, becoming the first known person to do so and thus establishing that the landmass was an island. He went ashore at Skjálfandi where he built himself a house and stayed for the winter. Since then, the place has been called Húsavík (located in North Eastern Iceland).Having returned, he praised the new land and called it after his own name Garðarshólmi (see names of Iceland). Nothing is known of his fate thereafter, but his son, Uni danski (Uni the Dane), later emigrated to Iceland. He made a feeble attempt to win it for the Norwegian king with himself as earl. He had discussed this with the king but when the local farmers knew his intent they would help him in no way and soon he was killed. He had a son, Hróar Tungugoði, who was referenced to as priest in the Sagas of Icelanders. Hroar quarreled with other men and was twice challenged to a hill battle and won both times. He killed his opponents but was eventually murdered but then avenged by his son. Hroar's wife was Arngunnur, sister of Gunnar Hámundarson, who is one of the main characters Njáls saga, the longest and generally considered the greatest of the Icelandic Sagas.".
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- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Category:History_of_Iceland.
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- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Category:Swedish_explorers.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Category:Viking_explorers.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Denmark.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Gunnar_Hámundarson.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Haukr_Erlendsson.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Hebrides.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Húsavík.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Iceland.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Icelandic_language.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Icelandic_name.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Island.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Landnámabók.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Names_of_Iceland.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Njáls_saga.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Náttfari.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Pentland_Firth.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Sagas_of_Icelanders.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Scandinavia.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Skjálfandi.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Swedish_language.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink Zealand.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLink File:Garðar_Svavarsson.jpg.
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLinkText "Garðar Svavarsson".
- Garðar_Svavarsson wikiPageWikiLinkText "Garðarr Svavarsson".
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- Garðar_Svavarsson subject Category:History_of_Iceland.
- Garðar_Svavarsson subject Category:History_of_the_Germanic_peoples.
- Garðar_Svavarsson subject Category:Swedish_explorers.
- Garðar_Svavarsson subject Category:Viking_explorers.
- Garðar_Svavarsson type Work.
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- Garðar_Svavarsson type People.
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- Garðar_Svavarsson comment "Garðarr Svavarsson (modern Icelandic: Garðar Svavarsson, modern Swedish: Gardar Svavarsson) is considered by many to be the first Scandinavian to live in Iceland, although he is said to have stayed only for one winter. He and his family appear in the Icelandic Sagas with the principal source from Haukr Erlendsson's edition of Landnámabók. Garðarr Svavarsson owned land in Zealand (Denmark). He was married to a woman from the Hebrides.".
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