Magnús_Jónsson,_Earl_of_Orkney
Magnús Jónsson was Jarl of Orkney (covering the whole of Norðreyjar Which includes not only the Orkney Islands, but the Shetland (Hjaltland) Islands c. post {Hjaltland} 1300–1321.
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The Shetland isles were officially transferred to the Scottish from the Norwegians in 1472. Scots soon emigrated there between the 16th and 17th century.[1][2]
He was a signatory to the Declaration of Arbroath, which describes him as Earl of Caithness and Orkney.