Bjǫrn Ketilsson, nicknamed the Easterner (Old Norse

Old Norse

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: austmann), was a Norwegian

Norway

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 Viking

Viking

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 of the 9th century, son of Ketill 'Flatnose' Bjǫrnsson and Yngvild Ketilsdottir. He emigrated to Iceland following his father Ketill's expulsion from Norway by King Harald Fairhair and the seizure of their lands in the north of Norway.

In literature

Bjǫrn the Easterner is a character in such works as Laxdaela saga, Eyrbyggja saga

Eyrbyggja saga

Eyrbyggja saga is one of the Icelanders' sagas. The name means the saga of the inhabitants of Eyrr, which is a farm on Snæfellsnes on Iceland. The name is slightly misleading as it deals also with the clans of Þórsnes and Alptafjörðr. The most central character is Snorri Þorgrímsson or Snorri goði...

, and Eirik the Red's Saga. His genealogy is described in detail in the Landnámabók

Landnámabók

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, including partial Sami descent on his father Ketill's side.