Sleitu-Björn Hróarsson (born c. 890 - date of death unknown) was a viking chief and the first to found a settlement in Skagafjörður, Iceland in the ninth century.
[1] It was one of the largest settlements of this period, spanning from the Gljúfurá river (Grjótá in the Landnámabók) through half of Viðvíkursveit, Hjaltadalur, Kolbeinsdalur, and Óslandshlíð, and part of Höfðaströnd and Deildardalur.
Sleitu-Björn divided part of the settlement and his estate was founded in Sleitustaðir.
[2] There is a historical controversy in which various researchers believe that Sleitu-Björn is the same person as Sléttu-Björn,[3] a colonist who settled in Saurbær, Dalasýsla who abandoned his settlement in Skagafjörður to relocate to the west.
[4][5] The name of Sleitu-Björn's first wife is unknown, but he had at least five children: He had a second marriage with Þuríður Steinólfsdóttir (born 895), daughter of Steinólfur lági Hrólfsson.