Grímur Kamban

Grímr Kamban was, according to the Færeyinga saga, the first Norse settler in the Faroe Islands.

The modern Faroese form of the name is Grímur, but it was Grímr in Old Norse and is often anglicised as Grim.

However, this is an error in this saga, because Harald's age was in the late 9th century, while the first Norse settlers reached the Faroes after 825.

Excavations have shown Viking Age houses in this area, as well as all over the Faroes.

The root camb is also found in the Gaelic names Campbell (originally caimbeul) "crooked-mouth" and Cameron (camshròn) "crooked nose", as well as the sports term cambóg, which in Gaelic refers to the type of stick used in games like hurling, hockey and golf.