Hjalti Skeggiason was an
IcelandicThe Republic of Iceland is a European island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of about 320,000 and a total area of 103,000 km². Its capital and largest city is Reykjavík, whose surrounding area is home to approximately two thirds of the national population...
chieftain who supported Gizurr the White for the introduction of
ChristianityChristianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented by the revelations in the New Testament....
in
IcelandThe Republic of Iceland is a European island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of about 320,000 and a total area of 103,000 km². Its capital and largest city is Reykjavík, whose surrounding area is home to approximately two thirds of the national population...
, on the
AlthingThe Alþingi, Anglicized variously as Althing or Althingi, is the national parliament—literally, " all-thing" —of Iceland...
in 1000.
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Hjalti Skeggiason was an
IcelandicThe Republic of Iceland is a European island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of about 320,000 and a total area of 103,000 km². Its capital and largest city is Reykjavík, whose surrounding area is home to approximately two thirds of the national population...
chieftain who supported Gizurr the White for the introduction of
ChristianityChristianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented by the revelations in the New Testament....
in
IcelandThe Republic of Iceland is a European island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of about 320,000 and a total area of 103,000 km². Its capital and largest city is Reykjavík, whose surrounding area is home to approximately two thirds of the national population...
, on the
AlthingThe Alþingi, Anglicized variously as Althing or Althingi, is the national parliament—literally, " all-thing" —of Iceland...
in 1000.
Later he spent time with the Norwegian king
Olaf the StoutOlaf Haraldsson was king of Norway from 1015 to 1028, . His mother was Åsta Gudbrandsdatter, and his father was Harald Grenske, great-grandchild of Harald Fairhair...
and accompanied
Björn StallareBjörn Stallare was an 11th century Norwegian diplomat involved in the marriage negotiations between Olaf II of Norway and Olof of Sweden about Ingegerd Olofsdotter; these also involved Ragnvald Ulfsson and Hjalti Skeggiason....
on his diplomatic mission to
Ragnvald UlfssonRagnvald Ulfsson the Old was a jarl of Västergötland or Östergötland, and married to a sister of Olav Tryggvason.Ragnvald is mentioned in the skaldic poem Austrfaravísur, ascribed to Sigvatr Þórðarson, skald of King Olaf Haraldsson of Norway , who had been on a diplomatic mission to Sweden...
in
Västergötland' is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden , situated in the southwest of Sweden. In older English literature one may also encounter the Latinized version Westrogothia....
and to Olof Skötkonung in
UppsalaUppsala is the capital of Uppsala County and the fourth largest city of Sweden with 144,839 inhabitants....
.
Snorri SturlusonSnorri Sturluson was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. He was twice elected lawspeaker at the Icelandic parliament, the Althing...
's detailed account of this voyage is probably based on an account made by Hjalti after his return to Iceland.