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Bjarni Grimolfsson (Biarni Grímólfsson) and Thorhall Gamlason (Þórhallur Gamlason)

Icelandic owners and operators of a merchant ship engaged in the Greenland trade arriving in Greenland at the same time as Karlsefni. Together with Karlsefni and Snorri Thorbrandsson and their crew, they overwintered on Eirik the Red’s estate.

Chapters in Books

  • Keneva Kunz, trans., [Bjarni Grimolfsson and Thorhall Gamlason in] Eirik the Red's Saga, The Sagas of Icelanders: A Selection, preface by Jane Smiley, introduction by Robert Kellogg, 2000
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