Axlar-Björn

[2] When he was 15 years old, Axlar-Björn began to help on the farm of a rich neighbour named Ormur, in exchange for room and board.

Guðmundur had become friends with Axlar-Björn during his employment and gifted him a farm called Öxl in the Breidavik region of Snæfellsnes.

The accounts differ on the motives, modus operandi, number of victims, and events that led to the arrest of Axlar-Björn.

Local suspicions about Axlar-Björn grew as people disappeared in the area, while his horses and other possessions increased, but he was safe because of the protection given to him by Guðmundur.

Asked about them, Axlar-Björn claimed that he had found the remains buried in his land and decided to re-bury them in another place without notifying authorities or bringing them to a cemetery.

And, in 2012, the Icelandic theatre group Vesturport set up the play Axlar-Björn which is based on legends about Björn and his wife.