What is Ingólfr Arnarson?
[[File:Ingolf by Raadsig.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Painting of Ingólfr Arnarson by Johan Peter Raadsig (1850).]] '''Ingólfr Arnarson''' ({{lang-is|Ingólfur Arnarson}}) and his wife, Hallveig Frodesdatter, are commonly said to be the first permanent [[Nordic countries|Nordic]] settlers of [[Iceland]]. According to tradition, they founded [[Reykjavík]] in 874.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sagamuseum.is/overview/ingolfur-arnarson |title= Ingólfur Arnarson - The First Icelander |publisher= sagamuseum.is |access-date= January 20, 2016}}</ref> According to the [[Landnámabók]] (a book which describes the settlement of Iceland by the Norsemen), he built his house in modern-day Reykjavík and named the city as well. Medieval historian Ari Þorgilsson claimed that Arnarson was the first Nordic settler in Iceland, but [[Irish people|Irish]] [[monk|monks]] and [[hermit|hermits]] lived there before he arrived. He also claimed that the they left because they did not want to live with the newly arrived [[Norse religion|Norse pagans]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/fylkesleksikon/1121013.html |title= Ingolfr Arnarson |publisher= nrk.no |access-date= January 20, 2016}}</ref> The Landnámabók claims that Arnarson left modern-day [[Norway]] after becoming involved in a [[feud|blood feud]]. He had heard about an island that [[Garðar Svavarsson]], [[Flóki Vilgerðarson]] and others found while sailing in the [[Atlantic ocean]]. With his step-brother, [[Hjörleifr Hróðmarsson]], he sailed for Iceland. When land was in sight, he threw his high seat pillars overboard and promised to settle where the gods decided to bring them ashore. Two of his slaves then searched the coasts for three years before finding the pillars in the small bay which eventually became Reykjavík. <ref>{{cite web |url= https://nbl.snl.no/Ing%C3%B3lfr_Arnarson_Bj%C7%ABrn%C3%B3lfsson_Ingolv_%C3%98rnsson |title= Ingólfr Arnarson Bjǫrnólfsson Ingolv Ørnss |publisher= Norsk biografisk leksikon |auth