Editing Norsemen (section)

==Notable Norse people==
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* [[Aud the Deep-Minded (Ketilsdóttir)|Aud the Deep-Minded]] ({{Circa|9th century}} CE), ship captain and early settler of Iceland
* [[Harald Bluetooth]] (died {{Circa|985/86}} CE), king of Denmark and Norway, namesake of the [[Bluetooth]] wireless technology
* [[Bolli Bollason]] (born {{Circa|1000}} CE), prominent Icelandic warrior and member of the [[Varangian Guard]]
* [[Freydís Eiríksdóttir]] (born {{Circa|970}} CE), explorer and early colonist of [[Vinland]]
* [[Erik the Red]] ({{Circa|950–1003}} CE), Norwegian explorer and founder of the first settlement in Greenland
* [[Leif Erikson]] ({{Circa|970–1020}} CE), Icelandic explorer thought to have been the first European to have set foot on continental North America
* [[Estrid]] ({{Circa|11th century}} CE), powerful Swedish magnate and matriarch
* [[Harald Fairhair]] ({{Circa|850–932}} CE), the first [[King of Norway]]
* [[Harald Hardrada]] ({{Circa|1015 – 25 September 1066}} CE), also known as Harald III of Norway, given the epithet Hardrada in the sagas, was King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
* [[Gunnborga]] ({{Circa|11th century}} CE), Swedish [[runemaster]] responsible for the [[Hälsingland Rune Inscription 21]]
* [[Hildr Hrólfsdóttir]] ({{Circa|9th century}} CE), Norwegian [[skald]] known for her poetry concerning the banishment of her father Rolv Nevia, the Viking [[Duke|jarl]] of [[Trondheim]]
* [[Olaf the White]] ({{Circa|820 – late 9th century}} CE), Viking [[sea-king]], [[King of Dublin]], and husband of [[Aud the Deep-Minded (Ketilsdóttir)|Aud the Deep-Minded]]
* [[Ragnar Lodbrok]] ({{Circa|9th century}} CE), legendary Viking hero and king
* [[Þorbjörg Lítilvölva]] ({{Circa|10th century}} CE), renowned [[seeress (Germanic)|seeress]] of [[Norse colonization of North America#Norse Greenland|Norse colonial Greenland]]
* [[Gunnlaugr ormstunga]] ({{Circa| 983–1008}} CE), Icelandic skald who widely served in Iceland, Norway, Ireland, Orkney, and Sweden
* [[Raud the Strong]] ({{Circa|late 10th century}} CE), Norwegian [[blót]] priest and seafaring warrior 
* [[Steinunn Refsdóttir]] ({{Circa|10th century}} CE), Icelandic skald known for her verses taunting the Christian missionary [[Þangbrandr]]
* [[Rusla]] ({{Circa|5th–11th century}} CE), a.k.a. the "Red Woman", legendary Norwegian [[pirate]] fleet leader
* [[Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir]] (died 1271 CE), influential Icelandic matriarch and skald
* [[Egill Skallagrímsson]] ({{Circa|904–995}}), Icelandic [[war poet]], sorcerer, [[berserker]], farmer, and anti-hero of ''[[Egil's Saga]]''
* [[Snorri Sturluson]] (1179–1241), Icelandic historian, poet, politician, and [[lawspeaker]] of the [[Althing]] whose work comprises a major source of [[Norse mythology]]
* [[Thorkell the Tall]] ({{Circa|early 11th century}} CE), semi-legendary [[Scania]]n lord and [[Jomsviking]]
* [[Veborg]] (died {{Circa|750}} CE), legendary shield-maiden known for her role in the [[Battle of Bråvalla]]