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Birth:          ABT 1005 Yriar, Norway
Death:          1062 Halland

Notes
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I10069
Note: According to the medieval historian, Snorri Sturluson, Finn lived for a time at 
Austratt in the district of Yrjar in western Norway. He had been on several viking 
expeditions. He was a well-liked steward of King Harald Sigurtharson in Norway. The 
king had Finn intercede for him and make reconciliation with his enemies who were 
angered about some slayings. In one reconciliation attempt, an enemy by the name of 
Hkon agreed to be reconciled to the king if he was given Ragnhild, a relative of the 
king, in marriage. The king agreed, but said, "Neither you nor any else will find it 
advisable to obtain Ragnhild in marriage unless it be with her own consent." Ragnhild 
did not want to marry a man who was not of princely rank. The king would have 
granted the title of earl to Hkon, but there was a long-standing practice of having just 
one earl at a time, and he did not want to take the title away from the current Earl 
Orm. (Later after Earl Orm died, Hkon was given the title and Ragnhild married him.) 
Some other events and the death of Finn's brother caused Finn to be so angered at 
the king that he left Norway. He joined with King Svein in Denmark, and was given 
the title of earl and ruled the province of Halland, where he was in charge of defense 
against the Norwegians.

Parents
ARNMODSSON Arni (ABT  970 - 1024)
THORSTEINSDOTTIR Thora (ABT  972 - )

Siblings
ARNESSON Torbert (Thorberg) (ABT  990 - ABT 1050)
ARNESSON Finn (ABT 1005 - 1062)

Marriage To HALFDANSDOTTIR Bergliot Thorborg (ABT 1006 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
SIGURDSSON Halfdan ( 990 - )
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Children by HALFDANSDOTTIR Bergliot Thorborg ABT 1006 - 
FINNSDOTTIR Ingeborg (ABT 1023 - BEF 1069)

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