User:Angusmclellan/Kalf Arnesson
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Kalf Arnesson was one of the eight children, seven brothers and a sister, of Arni Armothsson, "a landed-man, powerful and prominent", and his wife Thora. Kalf and his brothers Finn, Arni and Thorberg appear in the Sagas. Kalf governed Trøndelag under Olaf Haraldsson.[1]
In 1028 his brothers Finn, Arni and Thorberg and Rognvald Brusason went with Olaf Haraldsson into exile in Kievan Rus.[2] They returned with him, fighting at Stiklestad in 1030, where Olaf was killed; Kalf Arnesson was one of the leaders of the opposing army.[3]
Kalf was killed in battle against King Harald on Funen.[4]
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- Anon., Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney, tr. Hermann Pálsson and Paul Edwards. Penguin, London, 1978. ISBN 0-140-44383-5
- Sturluson, Snorri, Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway, tr. Lee M. Hollander. Reprinted University of Texas Press, Austin, 1992. ISBN 0-292-73061-6
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