The Hallgrimssón-Ancestry
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The Hallgrimssón-Ancestry is an ancestry from Skatval. It's ancestor is Inge the Wise, the younger brother of King Olav I., a king of Skatval in the middle ages. The ancestry didn't have the Icelandic/Skateburgian name Hallgrimssón untill 1456, when Skatval-Brandenburg attacked Skatval. The escape from executions, the whole ancestry took the non-Skatvalian name, which sounds more Skateburgian. The ancestry has kept the name.
Famous members
- Erik I. of Skatval (b. 1993), king of Skatval since 1996.
- Gudmundúr Hallgrimssón (b. 1946), CEO of FloAir.
- Magnús Hallgrimssón (b. 1969), Gudmundúr's nephew, and King Erik's father.
- Íngeborg Hallgrimssón (b. 1970), Magnús' wife, and King Erik's mother.
