Earl Thorfinn (other)
Earl Thorfinn may refer to: * Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson, Earl of Orkney (Thorfinn Skullsplitter) * Thorfinn Sigurdsson, Earl of Orkney (Thorfinn the Mighty) * MV ''Earl Thorfinn'', a 1990 ferry in the Orkney Ferries fleet See also * Thorfinn (other) Thorfinn (Þorfinnr) is a Scandinavian name, which originally referred to the god Thor and which survived into Christian times. Thorfinn may refer to: * Thorfinn Torf-Einarsson (died c. 963), Earl of Orkney * Thorfinn Karlsefni (), Icelandic ex ...

Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson, Earl Of Orkney
Thorfinn Torf-EinarssonCrawford (1987) p. 63 also known as Thorfinn Skull-splitterThomson (2008) p. 57 (from the Old Norse ''Þorfinnr hausakljúfr'') 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''. These stories were first written down in Iceland in the early 13th century and much of the information they contain is "hard to corroborate". Family Thorfinn was the youngest son of Torf-Einarr, himself the son of Rognvald Eysteinsson, the first Earl of Orkney. Torf-Einarr had two other sons, Arnkel and Erlend who "fell in a war expedition"Sturlason, Snorri Chapter 99. "History of the Earls of Orkney". at an unspecified location in England along with Erik Bloodaxe.''Orkneyinga Saga'' (1981) Chapter 8. p. 33 Erik's widow, Gunnhildr then fled north to Orkney with her sons who used the islands as a base for summer raiding expeditions. Thorfinn had five sons: Arnfinn, Havard, Hlodvir ...
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Thorfinn Sigurdsson, Earl Of Orkney
Thorfinn Sigurdsson (1009?– 1065), also known as Thorfinn the Mighty (Old Norse: ''Þorfinnr inn riki''), 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. 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. The ''Heimskringla'' of Icelandic historian Snorri Sturluson, and the anonymous compiler of the '' Orkneyinga Saga'' wrote that Thorfinn was the most powerful of all the jarls of Orkney and that he ruled substantial territories beyond the Northern Isles. A sizeable part of the latter saga's account concerns his wars with a "King of Scots" named Karl Hundason whose identity is uncertain. In his later years he went on a pilgrimage ...
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MV Earl Thorfinn
MV ''Earl Thorfinn'' is a Ro-Ro vehicle ferry operated by Orkney Ferries. History MV ''Earl Thorfinn'' was built by McTay Marine in Bromborough on Merseyside in 1989. Service MV ''Earl Thorfinn'' is normally used on Outer North Isles services, connecting Kirkwall with Eday, Sanday, Stronsay, Westray, Papay, and North Ronaldsay North Ronaldsay (, also , sco, North Ronalshee) is the northernmost island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. With an area of , it is the fourteenth-largest.Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 334 It is mentioned in the '' Orkneyinga saga''; in modern .... References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Earl Thorfinn 1990 ships Transport in Orkney Ferries of Scotland ...
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