Härjulf Hornbrytra was a Norwegian believed to have lived in the 8th century. He was the main character in "Härjulfssagan", which tells how Härjedalen got its first permanent settlement. The name Härjulf is inextricably linked with Härjedalen, and it is also claimed that the landscape is named after this burnt Viking.
References Written sources Härjulf Hornbrytare in Norrländsk uppslagsbok, Band 2, 1994
External links Lillhärdal – historia Om Härjedalen Härjulf och Helga – de ”första” härjedalingarna
Further reading Nils-Erik Eriksson: "Sägnen om Kettil Jamte och Härjulf Hornbrytare" in Jamtlis årsbok Jämten, 1993 Olof Holm: "The Integration of Härjedalen into the Norwegian Kingdom" in The Norwegian Domination and the Norse World c.1100-1400, ed. Steinar Imsen, Trondheim: Tapir Academic Press, 2010 "The Herjólfr Legend from Härjedalen and Its Resemblances to the Stories of Landnámabók" in The 14th International Saga Conference, page. 390, Uppsala, 9–15 August 2009, edited by Agneta Ney, Henrik Williams and Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist (Gävle University Press, 2009) Vol. 1