Jarl Ottar
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Jarl Ottar or Ottar Jarl (?-970s) was a jarl of Götaland who appears in the Heimskringla (the Saga of Olaf Tryggvasson) and in the Jomsvikinga Saga.
The Jomsvikinga Saga tells that Jarl Ottar was the maternal grand-father of Palnetoke, the Jomsviking.
In the Heimskringla, Snorri Sturluson relates that Haakon Sigurdsson attacked and killed Jarl Ottar during an attack on Götaland for Harald Bluetooth.