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HEIMSKRINGLA is an online collection of Old Norse source material, primarily Eddas, Icelandic sagas, scaldic poetry, and some background material. HEIMSKRINGLA consists of some 3000 titles in the Old Norse language or translated into the modern Scandinavian languages. HEIMSKRINGLA builds on the assumption that these texts – being part of our cultural heritage – should be made available for everybody. HEIMSKRINGLA is subject to the laws of copyright. Consequently we are restricted when it comes to more recent publications. HEIMSKRINGLA is run as an idealistic project. Therefore we always need volunteers. On this link you can read how to become part of the project.		Flere bøker
New texts: Fortælling om Sørle (Danish; Fr. Winkel Horn) Grettir hin stærke [excerpt] (Danish; Grímur Thomsen) Who was Gustav Indrebø? (Norwegian biography) Soga um Ofeig den sløge (Norwegian; Gustav Indrebø) Lausavísa: Leiknir berserkr (Old Norse: Finnur Jónsson) Lausavísa: Halli berserkr (Old Norse: Finnur Jónsson) Lausavísa: Þorvaldr víðfǫrli (Old Norse: Finnur Jónsson) Ågrip (Norwegian; Gustav Indrebø) Sagaen om Fridtjov den frøkne (Norwegian; Alexander Bugge) Et vers om Svend Grathe (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen) Utgangen paa hirdskaldtidi (Norwegian; Rasmus J. Flo) Ymse hirdskaldar hjaa Harald Hardraade (Norwegian; Rasmus J. Flo) Tjodolv Arnorsson (Norwegian; Rasmus J. Flo) Arnor Jarlaskald (Norwegian; Rasmus J. Flo) Sigvat skald og hans samtid (Norwegian; Rasmus J. Flo) Eldre islendske hirdskaldar (Norwegian; Rasmus J. Flo) Norsk dikting etter vikingtidi (Norwegian; Rasmus J. Flo) Norske hirdskaldar (Norwegian; Rasmus J. Flo) Fortællingen om Torgrim Halleson og Bjarne Guldbrynsskjald (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen) Fortællingen om Tormod (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen) Lausavísa: Styrbjǫrn (Old Norse: Finnur Jónsson) Lausavísa: Hallbjǫrn Oddsson (Old Norse: Finnur Jónsson) Lausavísur: Steinarr Sjónason (Old Norse: Finnur Jónsson) Fortællingen om Einar Skuleson (Danish: Jesper Lauridsen) Guðni Jónsson (Norwegian: Kjell Tore Nilssen og Árni Ólafsson) Kviðlingr: Þórhildr skáldkona (Old Norse: Finnur Jónsson) Lausavísa: Eyjólfr Valgerðarson (Old Norse: Finnur Jónsson) Kviðlingr: Þórgrímr goði Þórsteinsson (Old Norse: Finnur Jónsson) Lausavísa: Tjǫrfi enn háðsami (Old Norse: Finnur Jónsson) Lausavísa: Helgi trausti Óláfsson (Old Norse: Finnur Jónsson) Lausavísa: Þórketill klyppr Þórðarson (Old Norse: Finnur Jónsson) Kviðlingr: Hólmgǫngu-Skeggi (Old Norse: Finnur Jónsson) Previous New texts	We present: Ágrip Norwegian translation by Gustav Indrebø, 1936 Ágrip — dated to approx. the year 1190 — is considered to be the oldest of all the king’s sagas. Today we know it only as a fragment from the 13th century. It begins with the drowning of King Halfdan the Black around year 860, and ends abruptly ca. year 1136 i the middle of a story about Sigurd Munn. Ágrip’s composition and extent is not to be compared with e.g. Snorre’s sagas, but clearly Snorre used this text as a source for his Heimskringla.
	Special features: Source Index: - Did you find your text? Index of skalds: Who were they? Biographical Index: Briefly on manuscript collectors, scholars, and authors who have had an influence on the conservation, publication and interpretation of Old Norse source material. E-Library: Links to some 400 books - all available online. Gallery: Visit Heimskringla's gallery of historical sites etc. Map archive: Maps of important saga places.
	Ongoing projects: «Den ældre Edda» in Danish by Frederik Winkel Horn «Den ældre Edda» in Danish by Finnur Magnusson «Den oldnorske og oldislandske litt.'s hist.» by Finnur Jónsson «Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning» by Finnur Jónsson «Norges Indskrifter med de ældre Runer» by Sophus Bugge
About the HEIMSKRINGLA-project Read more about our project «Norrøne Tekster og Kvad» Visit Arbeidskontoret if you would like to become part of the project by translating, proofreading og technical assistance. Read about Heimskringla in the article «Mere end Snorre»	The people behind HEIMSKRINGLA Here you can read a short presentation of the people behind this website and the HEIMSKRINGLA-project. Likewise you can see how to become part of this exciting project.
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