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Grímur Kamban was, according to the
Færeyinga saga, the first man to set foot in the
Faroe Islands. The name was written
Grímr in
Old Norse and is often referred to as
Grim in the English literature.
The saga says, he was a
Norwegian Viking escaping the tyranny of the Norse king
Haraldur Hárfagri. However, this is an error in this saga, because Harald's age was in the late
9th century, while the first Norse settlers reached the Faroes after
825.
Furthermore, the name
Kamban indicates a
celtic origin. Thus he could have been a man from
Ireland,
Western Isles or
Isle of Man, where the vikings had already settlements. Another theory says, he could have been an early Christianized Norwegian under the influence of
Irish monks there.
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According to the Faereyinga Saga... the first settler in the Faroe Islands was a man named Grímur Kamban - Hann bygdi fyrstr Færeyar
, it may have been the land taking of Grímur and his followers that cauysed the anchorites to leave... the nickname Kamban is probably Gaelic and one interpretation is that the word refers to some physical handicap, another that it may point to his prowess as a sportsman. Probably he came as a young man to the Faroe Islands by way of Viking Ireland, and local tradition has it that he settled at Funningur in Eysturoy."
It were also Irish monks, who settled in the Faroes from about
625, which is today proved by botanical researches. According to
Dicuil, those monks left the islands before
825 after Viking raids. Thus Grímur Kamban is supposed to be the first man, who
re-settled the Faroes.
It's said, he settled down in
Funningur on
Eysturoy. The name
funningur means
finding. Excavations have shown Viking houses in this area, as well as all over the Faroes.
See also: Janus Kamban, leading Faroese sculptor.
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