Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson, Earl of Orkney

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Thorfinn 'Skullsplitter' Hausakljuv (d. 963) (Old Norse: Þorfinnr hausakljúfr, "skull-splitter") was earl of Orkney. He was the youngest son of Turf-Einar. Thorfinn married Grelod, daughter of the moramaer of Caithness and grand-daughter of Thorstein the Red. Thorfinn and Grelod had five sons and two daughters. Their son Arnfinn Thorfinnsson married Ragnhild Eiriksdotter, daughter of Erik Bloodaxe and his widow, Gunnhildr. Thorfinn was buried in the south of Hoxa, off South Rolandsay. The modern Orcadian beer SkullSplitter is named after him.