Norse Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is professional Icelandic basketball player. He played his senior year of high school in Fort Lauder

Is professional Icelandic basketball player. He played his senior year of high school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and played basketball at Birmingham-Southern College, Alabama, United States. Sigurdarson played for the Bayer Giants Leverkusen in 2005-2006

Is an Icelandic chess grandmaster, three-time national champion, and a successful businessman.Not un

Is an Icelandic chess grandmaster, three-time national champion, and a successful businessman.Not unlike fellow Scandinavians Simen Agdestein and Magnus Carlsen, Arnason in his youth was hailed as a potential world champion after a string of startling results. In 1976, while only 15, he tied first in an event for players under 21. The same year, he won an Icelandic open tournament with the outstanding score of 9.5/11. Just a year later, playing in a telex match for Iceland against England, he drew as Black against Jonathan Mestel, an established master.

Is an Icelandic footballer, currently playing for Fjölnir.Gylfason made his debut for Iceland in an

Is an Icelandic footballer, currently playing for Fjölnir.Gylfason made his debut for Iceland in an April 1993 friendly match against the USA, coming on as a late substitute for Arnar Grétarsson. He earned his 6th and last cap in a November 1996 World Cup qualifier against Ireland.