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Laxdoela saga is one of the Icelanders' sagas. Written in the 13th century, it tells of people in the Breiðafjörður area of Iceland from the late 9th century to the early 11th century.

Laxdoela saga begins in Norway in the late ninth century as Ketill Flatnose and his children leave Norway to escape the tyranny of Harald Fairhair. The saga focuses in particular on Ketill's daughter Unnr the Deep-Minded, a matriarch figure who travels to Scotland and the Orkney and Faroe Islands before claiming lands in Breiðafjörður in Western Iceland. The saga describes Unnr's dignified death and her ship burial.

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