Statue of Ingólfr Arnarson in Arnarhóll in Reykjavík
Title
Statue of Ingólfr Arnarson in Arnarhóll in Reykjavík
Subject
Statue
Description
Statue by Einar Jónsson erected in 1924 at Arnarhóll in the centre of Reykjavík. It depicts Ingólfr Arnarson, who is named in Landnámabók ('The Book of Settlements') as the first Scandinavian settler in Iceland. He is said to have named Reykjavík and established a settlement here in AD 874.
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Administrator
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www.worldtreeproject.org
Date
2011
Contributor
Administrator
Rights
Public Domain
Language
Icelandic
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Iceland
Modern
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Citation
Anonymous, “Statue of Ingólfr Arnarson in Arnarhóll in Reykjavík,” World-Tree Project, accessed August 18, 2026, https://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/164.
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