Salbjorg Karadottir
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Salbjorg Karadottir was a Norwegian
woman of the late ninth century. She was the daughter of Berle-Kari
and sister of Eyvind Lambi
and Olvir Hnufa
. Salbjorg married Kveldulf Bjalfasson and had two children, Thorolf Kveldulfsson
and Skallagrim Kveldulfsson, with him.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
woman of the late ninth century. She was the daughter of Berle-Kari
Berle-Kari
Berle-Kari was a viking chieftain who lived in ninth-century Norway. His home was at Berle , in present-day Bremanger in Sogn og Fjordane county. Landnámabók names him as the son of Vemund, and brother of Skjoldolf, one of the early settlers of Iceland.According to Egil's Saga, Kari was a berserker...
and sister of Eyvind Lambi
Eyvind Lambi
Eyvind Lambi or Eyvind Lamb was a Norwegian viking and hersir of the late ninth and early tenth centuries, known from, among other sources, Egil's Saga...
and Olvir Hnufa
Olvir Hnufa
Olvir Hnufa or Ölvir hnúfa was a Norwegian hersir and skald of the late ninth and early tenth centuries, known from, among other sources, Egil's Saga, Skaldatal and the Prose Edda...
. Salbjorg married Kveldulf Bjalfasson and had two children, Thorolf Kveldulfsson
Thorolf Kveldulfsson
Thorolf Kveldulfsson was the oldest son of Kveldulf Bjalfasson and the brother of the Norwegian/Icelandic goði and skald Skalla-Grimr. Thorolf is a hero of the early part of Egils saga. According to that work, he served as a retainer of Harald I of Norway and fought on the latter's own ship at the...
and Skallagrim Kveldulfsson, with him.