Person

Ingólfr Arnarson

first permanent Norse settler of Iceland

b. 840 CE – d. 900 CE World The Atlantic Lands

Ingólfr Arnarson (spelled with a ⟨u⟩ in Modern Icelandic: Ingólfur Arnarson) and his wife, Hallveig Frodesdatter and together with his brother Chiorleif, are commonly recognized as the first permanent Norse settlers of Iceland.

According to tradition, they founded Reykjavík in 874.