GRIMSSON Arngrim

Male Abt 0450 -

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  • Name GRIMSSON Arngrim 
    Birth Abt 0450  Scandinavia, Europe Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Notes 
    • According to two versions of Hervor's Saga, Arngrim the Berserker was half Jotun, and a giant of a man. He was the son of Grim, son of Hergrim Half-troll, and of Bauggerðar, daughter of Starkað Áludreng. He lived on the island Bolm in Hålogaland.

      In these two versions of the saga, he raided the lands of king Svafrlami in Sweden, and took the king's enchanted sword Tyrfing and killed him and several others with it, and took the king's daughter Eyfuru with him back to Bolm and married her.

      In one version of the saga, Eyfura's father is Sigrlami, and Arngrim was given both Tyrfing and Eyfura as rewards for serving as his war chief. In this version, Bolm is in Småland in Sweden.

      Arngrim and Eyfura had twelve sons who all were berserkers; the greatest of them was Angantyr. All twelve sons were killed and buried on Samsø after challenging Hjalmar and Orvar-Odd.

      Research Notes
      Hervor's Saga was compiled in the 1200s and shows the occasional element of probable Christianity, such as Christmas eve and pouring water over an infant to name and claim it.

      The versions differ slightly in the naming of the sons.

      In Ættartolur, Arngrim was the fourth son of Dag Halfdansson and Thora Drengemoder. His wife was Eyfura, and they had twelve sons.

      In Gesta Danorum, Arngrim was a Swedish champion who defeated the king of Finnmark and the king of Bjarmaland in order to win Eyfura's hand. Eyfura is here a daughter of Danish king Frodi. They still have twelve sons, with similar names.

      In the Lay of Hyndla, Arngrim and Eyfura live on Bolmsø and have twelve sons. The sons have similar names as in the Saga and in Gesta Danorum, and the name list in the Lay appears to be the oldest version.

      Sources
      https://heimskringla.no/wiki/Hervarar_saga_ok_Hei%C3%B0reks accessed 1 May 2024
      https://heimskringla.no/wiki/Sverdet_Tyrfing accessed 1 May 2024
      https://heimskringla.no/wiki/%C3%86ttart%C3%B6lur_(Flateyjarb%C3%B3k_SN) accessed 5 May 2024
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arngrim accessed 1 May 2024
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svafrlami accessed 1 May 2024
    Person ID I58784  Freeman-Smith
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Family SVAFRLAMISDOTTER Eyfura,   b. Abt 0450, Scandinavia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 0500 (Age 50 years) 
    Children 
     1. ARNGRIMSSON Angantyr,   b. Abt 0472, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0492 (Age 20 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F26157  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 


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