Björn Einarsson Jórsalafari
Björn (or Bjørn) Einarsson ( – 1415), called ''Jórsalfari'' (Jerusalem-farer), was a traveller, trader, pilgrim and government agent from Iceland. Family Björn was a native of Hvalfjörður. He lived at his estate at Vatnsfjord. His wife's name was Solveig. Jón lærði Guðmundsson records that the author of the '' Skaufalabálkur'' and '' Skíðaríma'' was Björn's poet, Einar fóstri. This identification is a result of confusion between Björn and his grandson and namesake, Björn Þorleifsson. ''Skaufalabálkur'' was written by a poet in the service of the latter, although Einar fóstri may still be the author of ''Skíðaríma''. Greenland travels In 1384 or 1385, Björn led a fleet of four ships that was driven off course by a storm while on the way from Norway to Iceland. He spent the next two winters in Greenland (1385–1387). The Greenlanders made him a tax collector (''syslu'') in Eiriksfjord, where he received 260 cured legs of mutton. The other crews probably ...
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