Magnús Jónsson was Jarl of Orkney (covering the whole of

Norðreyjar The Northern Isles ( sco, Northren Isles; gd, Na h-Eileanan a Tuath; non, Norðreyjar; nrn, Nordøjar) are a pair of archipelagos off the north coast of mainland Scotland, comprising Orkney and Shetland. They are part of Scotland, as are ...

Which includes not only the Orkney Islands, but the Shetland (Hjaltland) Islands c. post 1300–1321. The Shetland were officially transferred to the Scottish from the Norwegians in 1472. Scots soon emigrated there between the 16th and 17th century.Goodacre, S. ''et al'' (2005
"Genetic evidence for a family-based Scandinavian settlement of Shetland and Orkney during the Viking periods"
''Heredity'' 95, pp. 129–135. nature.com, Retrieved 20 March 2011 He was a signatory to the

Declaration of Arbroath The Declaration of Arbroath ( la, Declaratio Arbroathis; sco, Declaration o Aiberbrothock; gd, Tiomnadh Bhruis) is the name usually given to a letter, dated 6 April 1320 at Arbroath, written by Scottish barons and addressed to Pope John ...

, which describes him as Earl of Caithness and Orkney.

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Earls of Orkney 14th-century rulers in Europe 14th-century Scottish earls Signatories to the Declaration of Arbroath Mormaers of Caithness 1291 births 1329 deaths {{Orkney-bio-stub