Bjorn Asbrandsson (c. 960 - after 1030) was an Icelandic

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. He appears in the

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, in particular the

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. According to Irish tradition, Asbrandsson was a farmer, warrior, exile

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and

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* Die Saga von den Leuten auf Eyr.(Eyrbyggja saga). Hrsg. und aus dem Altisländischen übersetzt von

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. München: Eugen Diederichs Verlag 1999. * Bernhard Gottschling: Die Vinland Sagas. Aus dem Altisländischen übersetzt. Altnordische Bibliothek, Bd. 2, Hattingen: Verlag Bernd Kretschmer 1982. *

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: 7 vorbei und 8 verweht. Das Abenteuer der frühen Entdeckungen. Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe 1978, Teil VI.: Amerika - Das Hvitramannaland - Das Land der Bleichgesichter, darin Näheres zu Björn Asbrandsson und Gudleif Gudlaugson, S. 195–254. * Lutz Mohr: Ein isländischer Jomswikinger in Pommern, Schweden und der Neuen Welt. In: Autorenkollektiv, Maritimes von der Waterkant. Peenemünde: Axel Dietrich Verlag 1994, S. 5–12. * Lutz Mohr: Die Jomswikinger, Mythos oder Wahrheit. Nordische Sagas zusammengestellt, kommentiert u. hrsg. Elmenhorst: Edition Pommern 2009. * Lutz Mohr: Drachenschiffe in der Pommernbucht. Die Jomswikinger, ihrer Jomsburg und der Gau Jom. Hrsg. von Robert Rosentreter. (edition rostock maritim). Rostock: Ingo Koch Verlag 2013. * Felix Niedner: Die Geschichte vom Goden Snorri (Eyrbyggja saga). Thule. Erste Reihe, Bd. 7. Hrsg. und übertr. von Felix Niedner. Jena: Eugen Diederichs Verlag 1920. * Grönländer und Färinger Geschichten. Thule. Band 13. Hrsg. und übertr. von Felix Niedner. Neuausg. mit Nachw. von Siegfried Beyschlag. Düsseldorf-Köln: Eugen Diederichs Verlag 1965. 10th-century Icelandic people 11th-century Icelandic people Jomsvikings Norse colonization of North America Viking warriors 960s births 11th-century Vikings 10th-century farmers {{Iceland-bio-stub