Chapter 31 of Eyrbyggja Saga reveals the death of Thorolf Halt-Foot, who is also the father of Arnkel.

Chapter 46 of Egils Saga describes one Viking expedition by the Vikings Thorolf and Egill Skallagrímsson in Courland.

In 2006, he was awarded the Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize, and was also a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Thorolf Rafto ( July 6, 1922-November 4, 1986 ) was a human rights activist and professor in Economic History at the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen, Norway.

Thorolf Rafto was born in 1922 in Bergen, Norway.

The Rafto Foundation for Human Rights was established in 1986 in a memory of Thorolf Rafto, a professor of Economic History at the Norwegian School of Economics ( NHH ) and a human rights activist.

Thorolf Rafto was well known for his political activism in Eastern Europe, especially in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland.

The Human Right House was established in a memory of Thorolf Rafto ’ s son, Egil Rafto and officially was opened in 1999 by Aung San Suu Kyis youngest son, Kim Aris.

Thorolf Rafto was a professor of Economic History at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration ( NHH ).

In 1987, Hájek was awarded the first ever Professor Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize.

A few of the people Floki was accompanied by on his journey were a farmer named Thorolf ( Þórólfr ) and two men named Herjolf and Faxe ( Herjólfr and Faxi ).

Thorolf claimed that butter was smeared on every straw on the land that they had found.

Thorolf was then nicknamed Thorolf Butter ( Icelandic ; Þórólfur smjör ).

The hills where Thorolf was buried

However, Thorolf seemed to continually haunt the hillside in Þórólfr where he was buried.

Olaf became the possession of a man named Klerkon, together with his foster father Thorolf and his son Thorgils.

It contains a short description of Egil's uncle Thorolf Kveldulfsson co-operating with a Kvenland king Faravid against invading Karelians.

That same winter Thorolf went up on the fell with a hundred men ; he passed on at once eastwards to Kvenland and met king Faravid.

:" That same winter Thorolf went up on the fell with a hundred men ; he passed on at once eastwards to Kvenland and met King Faravid.

During the World War II, Thorolf Rafto fled to Britain and served with the Royal Air Force.

Arnkel became involved in further disputes with Snorri after Arnkel's father, Thorolf Halt-foot, accused Snorri of stealing his firewood.

If the passage about goin " southwest " is taken literally and directly, continuing from Hälsingland across the Gulf of Bothnia Thorolf would have arrived to the southwestern tip of present-day Finland, center of Finland's Viking period population ( see map ).

Klerkon considered Thorolf too old to be useful as a slave and killed him, and then sold the two boys to a man named Klerk for a ram.

Thorolf, for example, caused birds that flew over his howe to drop dead.

Well-known blacklisted trade unionists include Thorolf Bugge.

Had Thorolf gone up to the mountains around his homeland Namdalen and then straight " eastwards ", i. e. southeast, he would have first arrived to Jämtland and then to Hälsingland.

* Thorolf: A Viking, in whose farm David, Christopher, Jalil, and April spend the night in Everworld # 1: Search for Senna.

Alternative Anglicizations are: Álf: Alf ; Álfheim: Alfheim ; Bergdís: Bergdis ; Björn: Bjorn ; Björnólf: Bjornolf ; Finnálf: Finnalf ; Gudröd: Gudrod ; Gunnlöd: Gunnlod ; Hálf: Half ; Halfdan: Hálfdan ; Hámund: Hamund ; Hródgeir: Hrodgeir ; Hrossbjörn: Hrossbjorn ; Högni: Hogni ; Höd: Hod, Hodr, Hoder, Hother ; Höddbrodd: Hoddbrodd ; Hróald: Hroald ; Hrók the Black: Rook the Black ; Hrók the White: Rook the White ; Hrólf: Hrolf ; Hrómund: Hromund ; Jötunbjörn: Jotunbjorn ; Kára: Kara ; Ketil Raum: Ketil the Large ; Lára: Lara ; Ólaf: Olaf ; Önund: Onund ; Raumaríki: Raumarike, Raumarik, Raum's-ric ; Sæfari: Saefari ; Sigrún: Sigrun ; Sól: Sol ; Sóleyjar: Soleyjar ; Sölva: Solva ; Sólveig: Solveig ; Sölvi: Solvi ; Thórolf: Thorolf ; Thrym: Thrymr ; Úlf: Ulf ; Útstein: Utstein.

Image: Thorolf_Rafto. jpg. jpg | Thorolf Rafto, human rights activist and professor of Economic History

In 1956, Thorolf Rafto became a lecturer at the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen.

Later in his life, Thorolf Rafto got, particularly, supportive of the liberal ideas of the Czechoslovak reformists such as Alexander Dubcek and Jiri Hajek.

In 1973, Thorolf Rafto travelled to Odessa, where he witnessed the persecution of intellectuals and Jewish refuseniks, who had applied for emigration to Israel.

On 4 November 1986 Thorolf Rafto died.

After the death of Thorolf Rafto, his friends and colleagues agreed to establish a foundation that would continue the Rafto ’ s work on a promotion of freedom of speech and political expression in Eastern Europe.

In Eyrbyggja Saga the draugar infesting the home of the Icelander Kiartan were driven off by holding a " door-doom ".

In the Eyrbyggja Saga a shepherd is assaulted by a blue-black draugr.

The other two relate to the saga literature ; the first is a retelling of Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa ( alluded to in Eyrbyggja Saga and Heimskringla ), while the second is a direct translation from Egil's saga, supplemented with extensive notes, some which explain Eddison's aesthetic and philosophical outlook.

Eyrbyggja Saga details the transition of paganism to Christianity within Icelandic settlement under the direction of Snorri Goði, or “ Snorri the Priest .” The emphasis on justice and the conviction in their system of governance is reflected within the saga: “ They say we ’ ll suffer setbacks in court ; we must plead for support from powerful chieftains: but Arnkel will argue an eloquent case, he ’ ll sway judge and jury-I have faith in justice .” However, court decisions were often displaced by personal and violent acts of vengeance as a matter of duty and honor.

The Eyrbyggja Saga alludes that a customary start to a battle included throwing a spear right over the enemy army to claim it for Odin.

Aud figures in several Norse sagas, including ; Landnámabók, Njal's Saga, Laxdaela Saga, Eyrbyggja Saga, Eiríks saga rauða and Grettis Saga.

Eyrbyggja saga () is one of the Icelanders ' sagas translating to The Saga of the People of Eyri.

Another main interest of the Eyrbyggja Saga is to trace a few key families as they settled Iceland, specifically around the Snæfellsnes peninsula.

Sections of the Eyrbyggja Saga have survived in fragments from the 13th century and in numerous manuscripts from the 14th century.

Modern day HelgafellThe story of the Eyrbyggja Saga frequently turns on actions that stem from greed, fear, ambition or downright meanness, as it describes cold hearted bargaining between farmers and chieftains.

** Eyrbyggja Saga shows the Norse system of legalities on Snæfellsnes which used a trial by jury system.

Eyrbyggja Saga describes numerous supernatural events that mainly consist of undead animals rising up through the floor and Draugrs coming into the house to warm themselves by the fire.

* Eyrbyggja saga -- full text and English translation at the Icelandic Saga Database

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Ketill is a character in such works as the Laxdaela saga, Eyrbyggja saga, and Eirik the Red's Saga and his genealogy is described in detail in the Landnámabók.

In the Eyrbyggja Saga, it says, “ Ketil Flat-Nose arranged the marriage of his daughter Aud to Olaf the White, the greatest warrior-king at that time in the British Isles .” By noting that Ketil Flat-Nose purposely married his daughter off to a well-known warrior when he got on the bad side of King Harald Fine-Hair brings to light the importance of marrying well to protect your family.

Eyrbyggja Saga.