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Years: 886 - 886
…Orkney have seen a significant influx of Norwegian settlers during the late eighth and early ninth centuries.
Vikings have made the islands the headquarters of their pirate expeditions carried out against Norway and the coasts of mainland Scotland.
In response, Norwegian king Harald Hårfagre ("Harald Fair Hair") in 875 annexes the Northern Isles (comprising Orkney and Shetland).
Rognvald Eysteinsson receives Orkney and Shetland from Harald as an earldom as reparation for the death of his son in battle in Scotland, and then passed the earldom on to his brother Sigurd the Mighty.
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Years: 886 - 886
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