Smiður Andrésson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Smiður.

Smiður Andrésson (died July 1361) was governor in Iceland whose reputation for brutal methods in collecting taxes lead to an attack on him at Grund in Eyjafjörður where he fell along with Jón Skráveifa and 6 of his men.

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