Finn Árnasson

[1] Finn was one of the eight children, seven brothers and a sister, of Árni Arnmódsson or Armódsson, a lendmann, and his wife Þora Þorsteinsdóttir (daughter of Thorstein Gallows).

[2] In 1028, Finn and his brothers Árni and Þorbergr together with Rögnvald Brusason accompanied Olaf Haraldsson into exile in Kievan Rus.

[4][5] Under King Harald, Finn held the manor and lands of Austrått on the Ørlandet peninsula in Trøndelag.

He left for Denmark to serve King Sweyn, who made him a jarl and appointed him to rule Halland.

[8] Finn's daughter Ingibjörg Finnsdóttir married Thorfinn the Mighty, Earl of Orkney, and Malcolm III of Scotland, King of Scots.

Finn Arnesson confronting Thorir Hund
illustration by Gerhard Munthe