Þurið Þorkilsdóttir

Þuríðr Þorkilsdóttir (Faroese Turið Torkilsdóttir, Icelandic Þuríður, Norwegian Turid) sometimes anglicized as Thurid (ca.

According to the Færeyinga saga, the wedding took place at the farm of Jarl Håkon Sigurdsson near Trondheim and lasted for seven days.

That autumn, the couple and their daughter moved to the Faroes, where Þuríðr lived the rest of her life.

Þuríðr and Sigmundr later had four sons, Þórálfr, Steingrímr, Brandr and Heri Sigmundsson, who all lived on the farm in Skúvoy.

[2][3][4] The Faroese heavy metal band Týr wrote a song with the name Þurið Þorkilsdóttir for the album By the Light of the Northern Star.