Bjørn Farmann

Infobox Monarch
name =Bjørn Farmann
title =Viking King in Vestfold


reign =? – ?
coronation =none
othertitles =Bjørn Kaupman
full name =Bjørn Haraldsson
predecessor ="None"
successor =Gudrød Bjørnsson
spouse 1 ="Unknow name"
issue =Sons include:
Gudrød Bjørnsson
royal house =
dynasty =Fairhair dynasty
father =Harald Fairhair
mother =Svinhild Oisteinsdttr
date of birth =c. ?
place of birth =Norway
date of death =927
place of death =Norway
date of burial =
place of burial =Tønsberg|

Bjørn Farmann ("Bjørn the Tradesman", also called Bjørn Haraldsson, Farmand and Kaupman, c. ? – c. 927) was one of the sons of Harald Fairhair, the first king of Norway, and was the king of Vestfold. He was the great-grandfather of Olaf II of Norway, through his son Gudrød Bjørnsson.

When his father, Harald Fairhair, died, his kingdom was divided up between his sons. Bjørn became the king of Vestfold, a Norwegian county west of the Oslofjord, and is considered as the founder of Tønsberg, Vestfold.

Bjørn was killed by his brother Eirik Bloodaxe in a feud, around 927 CE. He is said to be buried in the big Farmann burial mound ("Farmannshaugen"), outside Tønsberg, in Sem, close to the manor of the Jarlsberg family.

norri's account

Snorri Sturluson tells this of Bjørn, in an extract from Heimskringla, Harald Harfager's Saga:

ee also

* Farmand

References

* [http://runeberg.org/nfab/0321.html Nordisk Familjebok's entry on Bjørn Farmann.]