The origins of Icelandic SKYR

Helgi magri and Þórunn Hyrna were the first settlers in Eyjafjörður, North-Iceland about year 890. 

Did they bring the first Skyr to the area ...?  At least, 1000 years later, Skyr was still made in the area and later in the local Dairy in the beautiful town of Akureyri.  

The people lived here pretty isolated through the centuries.  There were no tourists at that time!  The "old" Skyr-recipe did not change.  The method of making the Skyr did not change.

HELGI MAGRI and AND ÞÓRUNN HYRNA

The story tells that the parents of Helgi handed him over for fostering into the Hebrides, and when they came there two winters afterwards, he was so starved that they did not know him; they brought him away with them and called him Helgi the Lean. He was brought up in Ireland, and when he was grown up he married Thorun the Horned. They moved to Iceland with their children and settled in Eyjafjördur. He built his farm at a site which he named Kristnes (Christ-ness) and dwelt there during the remainder of his life. Helgi believed in Christ and therefore gave this name to his dwelling. - Visit Akureyri

Many of us living in Iceland now, are descendants of Helgi and Þórunn.

AKUREYRI 

Akureyri is a city at the base of Eyjafjörður Fjord in northern Iceland.

Nicknamed the Capital of North Iceland, Akureyri is an important port and fishing centre. The area where Akureyri is located was settled in the 9th century but did not receive a municipal charter until 1786.

Population 18.500.  The fourth biggest town in Iceland and the biggest one outside the Reykjavik area.

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