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HEIMSKRINGLA HEIMSKRINGLA is the largest collection of Old Norse and Nordic source texts on the internet – currently some 8700 titles. HEIMSKRINGLA primarily consists of Eddic texts, sagas, and skaldic poetry, as well as background material and sources on Sami, Finnish, and Greenlandic culture. HEIMSKRINGLA is based on the belief that these texts – as part of our shared cultural heritage – should be freely accessible to everyone.		SHOP
WE PRESENT: digitalized Det norske Folks Historie 1-7 By Peter Andreas Munch, 1852-1863 These weeks and months see intensive work on digitizing P. A. Munch’s monumental Det norske Folks Historie (The History of the Norwegian People), the first comprehensive account of Norway’s history from antiquity to the Middle Ages, written from a national and source-critical perspective. In seven volumes, Munch portrays Norway’s ethnic and cultural origins, the kings of the saga age, and the country’s development toward the union period. The work combines philological precision with romantic nationalism and became foundational for Norwegian historiography. Munch’s interpretation of the Nordic past and his view of the Norwegian people as a distinct historical entity profoundly influenced both contemporary and later historians. Follow the project as it progresses!	WE PRESENT: on print Heimskringla Reprint Support Heimskringla’s work – and treat yourself or someone else – by shopping in Heimskringla’s bookshop. We offer more than 50 titles in the following fields: Nordic history – Viking Age – Source texts – Old Norse literature – Literary history – Mythology – Pre-Christian religion – Sagas – Edda translations – Cultural history – Iceland – Skaldic poetry – Reference works, and more. See the selection here:
Recent texts Alcuin: Om dyderne og lasterne (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2025) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Agder, Rogaland og Hordeland christnede. Erling Skjalgssøn (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Christendoms-Paabudet begynder. Viken christnes (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Olaf Tryggvessøn tiltræder Regjeringen i Norge (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Christendommen og dens Fremskridt i Norden indtil Olaf Tryggvessøn (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Haakon Jarls Død (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Olaf Tryggvessøns Rejse til Norge (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Olaf Tryggvessøns Barndoms- og Ungdoms-Historie (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Nye Vikingetog til England. Sven Tjugeskegg (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Begivenheder i Nordmandie. Herredømmet befæstet. Forbindelsen med Norden ophører (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Begivenheder i Irland (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Begivenheder paa Syderøerne (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Begivenheder paa Island (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Uphaf Haraldz konungs harðráða (Old Norse; Finnur Jónsson, 1911/1925) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Begivenheder paa Færøerne. Sigmund Brestessøn (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Lejrekrønike – om de ældste danske konger (Danish; Sebastian Maskell Andersen, 2025) Uphaf Magnús konungs Erlingssonar (Old Norse; Finnur Jónsson, 1911/1925) Homilie af Gregor (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2025) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Begivenheder paa Orknøerne (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Haakon Jarls Magt og Anseelse (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Uphaf Magnús konungs góða (Old Norse; Finnur Jónsson, 1911/1925) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Jomsvikingetoget og Slaget i Hjørungavaag (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Harald Gormssøn, Styrbjørn og Jomsvikingerne (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Uphaf Inga konungs (Old Norse; Finnur Jónsson, 1911/1925) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Haakon Jarl deeltager i Krigen mod Tydskland og erklærer sig uafhængig (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853)    Previous    New texts	Special features Source Index: - Did you find your text? Heimskringla Reprint: Wide selection of rare books at an affordable price. Forfatterindex: Searching by author, translator and/or publisher. Temasider: - Explore selected themes. Index of skalds: Who were they? Language learning: Learn Old Norse E-Library: Links to some 400 books - all available online. Gallery: Visit Heimskringla's gallery of historical sites etc. Archive of maps: Maps of important saga places. 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.
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