Grímur () is a Faroese and Icelandic masculine given name.Nordic Names Retrieved 9 August 2017. People bearing the name Grímur include:
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Grímur Geitskör Grímur Geitskör (Grímur Goatshoe or Goatbeard) was responsible for establishing the Icelandic parliament Althing in what is now called the Assembly Plains or Þingvellir. In around 927-930 he made tour of Iceland and searched for the most appropr ...
(fl. 10th-century), responsible for establishing the Icelandic parliament Althing
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Grímur Grímsson
Grímur Grímsson is an Icelandic politician from the Viðreisn party. In the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election he was elected to the Althing.
He was a police officer for 40 years. He became the head of the police's central investigation d ...
, member of the Icelandic parliament
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Grímur Hákonarson
Grímur Hákonarson (born 1977) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. His first feature film was ''Summerland (2010 film), Summerland'' from 2010, for which Grímur was nominated for the Edda Award for Best Screenplay. His next feature ...
(born 1977), Icelandic film director and screenwriter
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Grímur Jónsson Thorkelin
Grímur Jónsson Thorkelín (8 October 1752 – 4 March 1829) was an Icelandic–Danish-Norwegian scholar, who became the National Archivist of Norway and Denmark and Professor of Antiquities at Østfold University College.
In 1786, he travelled t ...
(1752–1829), Icelandic–Danish scholar
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Grímur Kamban
Grímr Kamban was, according to the ''Færeyinga saga'', the first Norse settler in the Faroe Islands. The modern Faroese form of the name is ''Grímur'', but it was ''Grímr'' in Old Norse and is often anglicised as ''Grim''.
Settlement of th ...
(fl. 8th or 9th-century), first man to set foot in the Faroe Islands
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Grímur Thomsen
Grímur Thomsen (May 15, 1820 – November 27, 1896), Icelandic poet and editor, was born in Bessastaðir in 1820. He was the son of Þorgrímur Tómasson, a goldsmith. In 1837, he went to the University of Copenhagen, where he studied law and ...