| The following names indicate that dark Vikings were not uncommon: Bjorn the Black, Geirmund Hjorsson Dark-Skin, Hermund Illugason the Black, Illugi Hallkelsson the Black, Ottar Svarti (the Black), Thorolf Dark-Skin, Thorstein the Black, Harold the Black of Islay, Halfdan the Black, Rokar the Swarthy, Sandulf the Black, Harald II Svarte (the Black), Godfred V the Black, and Olaf II Odhar the Black. The two Norwegians shown at bottom are from southwest Norway, a region that contributed so much to Viking colonization. |
