Bersi Skáldtorfuson

Bersi Skáldtorfuson[1] was an Icelandic skald, active around the year 1000 CE.

One lausavísa is attributed to Bersi in the surviving fragments of Óláfs saga helga by Styrmir Kárason.

However, the same stanza is attributed to Sigvatr Þórðarson in Heimskringla and to Óttarr svarti in other sagas on St.

[2] Styrmir's saga gives some information on Bersi's career in St. Óláfr's service and indicates that he died in 1030.

[4] Bersi's mother, Skáld-Torfa, was apparently also a poet but none of her works have survived.