FinnBjo

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Again, welcome! — ßottesiηi ^{Tell me what's up} 22:58, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks mate! --FinnBjo 23:07, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

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Yes, you are very welcome to upload any pictures of mine from en: to Commons. Thanks for the note, Warofdreams talk 02:46, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Help with Malcolm III of Scotland and his Norwegian relatives

Is there anything really exciting in no:Finn Arnesson that I won't be able to work out from a dictionary, the Heimskringla and Google, and the same for no:Ingebjørg Finnsdatter ? Looks short enough ... Also, I found a bit in the Heimskringla (Haraldssona saga, chapter 17) which says that Erling Skakke was a descendant of Ingebjørg and Orm Eilifsson. Do you have any idea if that's accepted by historians ? Or mentioned ? Or just ignored ... Thanks in advance ! Angus McLellan (Talk) 00:34, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Finn Arnesson is a fascinating figure in Norwegian history, apart from his glorious first name. Finn was king Olav Digre, aka St. Olav, of Norway’s first man and stood by him to the last, while his brother was Kalv Arnesson was on the other side as one of the king’s enemies, and took part in killing him in the battle of Stiklestad. The brothers came from Hålogaland, the area in the north of Norway where all the toughest Norwegian men are coming from. :-) On the other hand both brothers ended their lives in Denmark. That his daughter became the wife of the king of Scotland is also an interesting fact. I am not aware of that he was relative of Erling Skakke, so I had to catch up my reading on that respect to give you an answer. The Norwegian Wikipedia articles for those above are rather short, and need to be expanded – and I hope to be part of it, though I have so far spent a great deal of my time with Scottish history. I believe the Norse connection to Scotland’s history is interesting and need to be examined more closely. To your question if there are anything interesting in the articles, which I guess is relating to Scottish history, and the answers are no, not as the texts are at the moment. If you have a Norwegian sentence that you really need to know the meaning of, I can translate it to you. --FinnBjo 01:01, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks ! I'll get on with it then. Best wishes. Angus McLellan (Talk) 11:38, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

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