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Finn Arnesson

c. 995 to after 1065

Finn Arnesson, c. 995 to after 1065, was born on Giske and sat at Austrått on Fosen in Trøndelag. According to Ågrip he quarrelled with Harald Hardrada over the veitsler, the revenues he had been granted by the king, and went over to the Danish king Svein Estridsson, who made him jarl of Halland, on the west coast of today's Sweden. At Niså in 1062 he fought, almost blind, against Harald and was taken prisoner. His daughter Ingebjørg became the mother of the Earls of Orkney.

Son of Arne Arnmodsson, born on Giske. He sat at Austrått on Fosen in Trøndelag. He became jarl of Halland, on the west coast of today's Sweden, under the Danish king Svein Estridsson. At Niså in 1062 he fought against King Harald Hardrada, almost blind, and was taken prisoner. His daughter Ingebjørg became the mother of the Earls of Orkney.

Parents: Arne Arnmodsson

Children: Ingebjørg Finnsdatter «Jarlemor»

Source

Snorre, Harald Hardrådes saga