Andrew Shieldband (~before 1190 – after 1229) was a liegeman, kinsman, raider, and special friend of King Haakon IV of Norway.
[1] In 1218, he fasted with the king's mother Inga of Varteig along with Dagfinn the Yeoman, Sigurd Kingskin and several clerks in preparation for the ordeal by hot iron which she would suffer in order to prove her son was the rightful heir to the throne.
[3] Later in the same year after attacking and chasing off the Slittungene (a rival army supporting a different candidate to the throne) in naval warfare, he was one of the kingsmen (along with Dagfinn the Yeoman, Vegard of Veradale, Guttorm Gunnison) who protected the king from Earl Skule Bårdsson when he attacked to avenge the loss of a limb of one of his relatives.
[4] In 1219, he and Vegard of Veradale were given the stewardship "in the northernmost thing district" because they were "the most special friends of the king".
[11] Haakon IV even wrote to Frederick II asking him to enquire as to Andrew's whereabouts but nevertheless he was never found.