Culinary historian Hallgerður Gísladóttir has suggested that skyr was known throughout Scandinavia at the time of the settlement of Iceland, but eventually forgotten outside of Iceland.
Sejarawan kuliner Hallgerður Gísladóttir telah menyarankan agar skyr dikenal di seluruh Skandinavia utamanya di Islandia namun akhirnya terlupakan di luar Islandia.