Jón Guttormsson Skráveifa (died 8 July 1361) was an Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

ic man who was a governor of Iceland from 1357 to 1360 and then became a lögmaður (lawspeaker

Lawspeaker

A lawspeaker is a unique Scandinavian legal office. It has its basis in a common Germanic oral tradition, where wise men were asked to recite the law, but it was only in Scandinavia that the function evolved into an office...

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He had a very bad reputation in Iceland; he was noted for his cruelty and harsh money-collecting and had been outlawed from Iceland in 1348. He was killed, along with the then-governor in Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

, Smiður Andrésson

Smiður Andrésson

Smiður Andrésson was governor in Iceland whose reputation for brutal methods in collecting taxes lead to an attack on him at Grund in Eyjafjörður where he fell along with Jón Skráveifa and 6 of his men.- References :...

, and six others in the battle of Grund in 1361. According to legends he tried to escape through a sewer but became stuck and was beheaded after the battle.