Sigurður Arason (1678 - 1704)

Born 1678 in Iceland

Died 14 Nov 1704 at about age 26 in Kópavogsbær, Capital Region, Iceland

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Biography

The murder of Sæmundur Þórarinsson.

This individual from Kopavogur (KOV) was discovered in 1988. The remains are of Sigurdur Arason, a 26 year old farmer born in 1678 with his skull found buried seperately from his body. He was found in the same grave with 44 year old housewife Steinunn Gudmundsdottir born in 1664. Both were sentenced to death by the Kopavogs Parliament on 14. November 1704 for the murder of the Steinunn's husband Saemundur Thorarinsson. Following the verdict, Sigurdur was beheaded with his impaled head publicly exhbited whereas Steinunn was drowned in the Kopavogur. These were the last executions of the Kopavogs Parliament. Their remains were buried in an unconsecreated ground at a site called Hjonadysjar. Late Medieval Icelandic Murderer (1678 AD) ..... 6.663 - KOV-A2 Kópavogur [KOV]: In 1988, two skeletal remains were excavated during road construction in Kópavogur. Based on archaeological evidence, the remains were identified as a female, born 1664, and a male, born 1678. According to historical records (26), they were executed in 1704 for the murder of the female's husband. The male was beheaded, and his impaled head publicly exhibited, whereas the female was drowned. Their remains were buried buried in unconsecrated ground at a site called Hjónadysjar. The remains of the male (KOV-A2) were selected for sequencing in this study. ID / ID = 170 & 171 Sigurdur Arason and Steinunn Guðmundsdóttir, 1704: Annals I, p. 468-470 (Case Study). History II, p. 353, p. 555 (Equestrian); III, p. 526 (Grim Standing Needle); page 180 (Setberg Projection). Case study: Sigurður Arason and Steinunn Guðmundsdóttir were killed in Kopavogur. Steinunn and Sæmundur Þórarinsson, her husband, a Grimian, lived half an Árbæ at Ellidaár, but Sigurður met them. Sigurður Arason admitted to Paul Beyer that he had driven Sigríður's owner, Sæmundi, down Skötufoss to the rock of Steinunn. Niel Kier the magistrate convened his first congress at Varmá in the Mosfell district on this matter. There Sigurd admitted. Steinunn also admitted but reluctantly at first. They were moved to Seltjarnarnes and sat there for half a month in the iron. Sigurd was a lawyer and was to the east. It had always been on the neck before it had been hit, but drenched in Ellidaá south. ” Sigurdur was 27, Steinunn 47 (about 2-3 years according to the census 1703). Steinunn had 3 children, and the youngest, Berg (7/14 years?), Took Paul Beyer.

Grimsby: "... he had held on to the woman who was married to another man, and her apes decreedly killed her farmer. "

CENSUS 1703:

In the 1703 census Sigurður Arason was living on one half of the farm Árbær, Mosfellshreppur, Kjósarsýsla. Sæmundur Þórarinsson and his wife, Steinunn Guðmundsdóttir, with her 3 children from her first marriage, were living on the other half.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Manntalið: 1703
2. ↑ Manntalið: 1703

• Manntalið 1703 Ásláksstaðir, Glæsibæjarhreppur, Eyjafjarðarsýsla (Sigurður Arason aldur 23)

See also;

• https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/1028
• https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/suppl/2018/05/30/360.6392.1028.DC1/aar2625-Ebenesersdottir-SM_revision1.pdf
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B3pavogur
• http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-400603
• https://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/256506/
• https://www.quora.com/I-took-a-genetic-test-and-it-told-me-that-I-am-related-to-the-Icelandic-murderer-Sigurdur-Arason-1678-1704-Is-he-a-familiar-person-in-Iceland-Do-people-know-his-story
• https://www.facebook.com/1274405409430039/posts/1494001194137125/
• http://www.manntal.is/leit/Sigurdur%20Arason/1703/1/1703/29382,18792,2841
• Annálar 1400-1800. Annales Islandici posterium sæculorum; Útg. Hið íslenzka bókmenntafélag, Reykjavík 1922-1998; I 468; II.353
• Árni Magnússon: Jarðabók Árna Magnússonar og Páls Vídalíns; Útg. Hið ísl. fræðafél., Sögufélag, Kaupmannahöfn, Reykjavík 1980-1990

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