Björn Haraldsson King of Vestfold

  Noted events in his life were:

• Web Reference: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Björn.
The Historia Norwegie names "Berno" as fourth son of "Haraldus Comatus", recording that he was reared "in Grenlandia" [Historia Norwegie XI and XV, pp. 80 and 86]. Under his father's division of territories, Vingulmark, Raumarike, Vestfold and Thelamark were granted to Olav, Björn, Sigtryg, Frode and Thorgils [Snorre, Harald Harfager's Saga, 35].

• Background Information: ¹⁶⁰
Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 243:18, "The Merchant," under-king in Vestfold, owned merchant ships. He was murdered circa 927 by his brother Eric, "Bloodaxe," at Scheim.