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HEIMSKRINGLA HEIMSKRINGLA is the largest collection of Old Norse and Nordic source texts on the internet – currently some 9000 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 Beowulf og striden um Finnsborg By Henrik Rytter, 1921 Henrik Rytter’s Beowulf og striden um Finnsborg is the first complete Norwegian translation of the Old English heroic poem Beowulf. Rytter rendered the work into Nynorsk and sought to preserve both its alliterative verse form and its archaic tone. At the same time, he strove to convey the rhythm and epic power of the original, adhering closely to its structure and imagery. The translation is marked by a consciously Nordic and historical language intended to bring the poem closer to the shared Nordic cultural heritage. Rytter’s version is an important contribution to the transmission of medieval heroic poetry in modern Norwegian. This is Heimskringla’s fifth version of the poem Beowulf.	WE PRESENT: on print Islandske Bispesagaer By Knut Rage, 2026 The Icelandic bishops’ sagas have long lived in the shadow of Snorri Sturluson’s kings’ sagas, Flateyjarbók, and the Icelandic family sagas. This volume gathers some of the most important bishops’ sagas in chronological order. Alongside their vivid and reliable picture of the first centuries of Christianity in the Nordic world, they rival both Snorri’s kings’ sagas and the family sagas in conflict and dramatic events. Knut Rage (born 1952) is a Norwegian author and local historian who has written and translated numerous books and articles on medieval history and the Norse heritage. Some of the sagas in this collection have never before been translated into Norwegian. Order here: Heimskringla Reprint.
Recent texts Den magtfulde mand der ikke ville skrifte (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2026) Om olika verkningar af åskslag, blixtar, kornblixtar o.d. (Swedish; Olaus Magnus, 1555 / 2010) Om hvirfelstormars och orkaners våldsamhet (Swedish; Olaus Magnus, 1555 / 2010) Om den våldsamma vinden Circuis (Swedish; Olaus Magnus, 1555 / 2010) Om nödvändigheten af vindkännedom (Swedish; Olaus Magnus, 1555 / 2010) Om förutsägelser angående vindarnas beskaffenhet‎ (Swedish; Olaus Magnus, 1555 / 2010) Om nödvändigheten att studera vindarna (Swedish; Olaus Magnus, 1555 / 2010) Hvem var Henrik Rytter? (Norwegian biography) Beowulf og striden um Finnsborg (Norwegian; Henrik Rytter, 1929) Om ærkebiskop Remigius (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2026) To forord (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2026) Kvinnelige makter - Gersemis stille arv (Norwegian; Knut Rage, 2026) Bergens gamle Bylov - Tyve-Balken (Norwegian; Gregers Fougner-Lundh, 1829) Om pave Sylvester (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2026) Kvinnelige makter - Gerd: Blikket fra Lidskjalv (Norwegian; Knut Rage, 2026) Fornlapparnas sätt att begrafva sina döda (Swedish; Olof Petter Pettersson, 1912) Bergens gamle Bylov - Kjöbe-Balken (Norwegian; Gregers Fougner-Lundh, 1829) Spridda drag av vidskepelse och övertro bland karesuandolapparna (Swedish; Ossian Elgström, 1922) Om vindarnas namn och verkningar (Swedish; Olaus Magnus, 1555 / 2010) Traditioner om lapptrumman (Swedish; Gustaf Hallström, 1911) Bergens gamle Bylov - By-Ordning (Norwegian; Gregers Fougner-Lundh, 1829) Om lapparnas dödsrikesförestställningar (Swedish; Helge Rosén, 1919) Ytterligare om landets läge och natur (Swedish; Olaus Magnus, 1555 / 2010) Om biskop Augustin (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2026) Kvinnelige makter - Fulla: Friggs fortrolige (Norwegian; Knut Rage, 2026)    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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