Thorfinn
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Thorfinn may refer to:
- Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson, Earl of OrkneyThorfinn Turf-Einarsson, Earl of OrkneyThorfinn 'Skullsplitter' Hausakljufr was earl of Orkney. He was the youngest son of Torf-Einarr. Thorfinn married Grelod, daughter of the Mormaer of Caithness and granddaughter of Thorstein the Red. Thorfinn and Grelod had five sons and two daughters...
(Thorfinn Skullsplitter) (floruit 10th century) - Thorfinn Sigurdsson, Earl of OrkneyThorfinn Sigurdsson, Earl of OrkneyThorfinn Sigurdsson , called Thorfinn the Mighty, was an 11th-century Earl of Orkney. One of five brothers , sons of Earl Sigurd Hlodvirsson by his marriage to the daughter of Malcolm II of Scotland...
(Thorfinn the Mighty) (floruit early 11th century) - Thorfinn KarlsefniThorfinn KarlsefniThorfinn Karlsefni was an Icelandic explorer who circa 1010 AD led an attempt to settle Vínland with three ships and 160 settlers. Among the settlers was Freydís Eiríksdóttir, according to Grœnlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða, sister or half-sister of Leif Eriksson...
, Icelandic explorer (died circa 1010) - Thorfinn of HamarThorfinn of HamarThorfinn of Hamar was the Bishop of the Ancient Diocese of Hamar in medieval Norway. Thorfinn was born at Trondheim in Norway, and may have been a Cistercian monk before becoming Bishop of Hamar...
, Christian bishop and saint