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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 5700 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.
Recent texts: Et vers om Torolfs død (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen) Magnús saga hinn lengri (Old Norse; Guðbrandur Vigfússon) Af Runzivals bardaga (Old Norse; C. R. Unger) Dødsvarsler (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 1. Det nedgravede dyr (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 2. Kirkevarets leje (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 3. Liglammet har vist sig (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 4. Lammet som dødsvarsel (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 5. Gravsoen (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 6. Helheste, hovedløse heste (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 7. Kalve, køer stude (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 8. Hunde, katte m. m. (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 9. Varsel for død (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 10. Synske folk (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 11. Liget set af andre (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 12. Lyd af gående (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 13. Syn af skygger (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 14. Kald ved eller pikken på ruden før og i dødsøjeblikket (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) 15. Hundegjøen (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 16. Afsyngelse af ligsalmen (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 17. Vognkjørsel eller riden (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 18. Varsel af ligkistefjæl, redskaber og skuffer m. m. (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) 19. Slag, plump, bulder (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 20. Ligfølge i gården (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 21. Ligfølge, man har set, eller som drager forbi (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) 22. Ligskarer, man har mødt eller er fulgt med (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) 23. Møde med ligskarer. Gået til side for dem (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) 24. Selv med i ligfølget. Ens egen ligskare (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) 25. Omskiftede heste for ligvognen (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 26. Druknede skibsfolk (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) 27. Dødssejleren (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) Saga (Danish; P. L. Møller) Et vers om kampen ved Färlev (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen) Previous New texts	We present: Grønlands historiske mindesmærker III By C. C. Rafn og Finnur Magnússon In 1837 historian C. C. Rafn published his «Antiqvitates Americanæ». In this work he had gathered all that was said about viking explorations of North America in saga litterature. The year after he and antiquarian Finnur Magnússon set out on a similar project about the vikings and their decendants in Greenland. They ended up with three large volumes. Now volume three is available on our site and the other two volumes are to follow.
	Special features: Source Index: - Did you find your text? Forfatterindex: Searching by author, translator and/or publisher. Index of skalds: Who were they? 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.
	Ongoing projects: De gamle Eddadigte published and interpreted by Finnur Jónsson Norges gamle Love indtil 1387 by R. Keyser og P. A. Munch Den ældre Edda in Danish by Finnur Magnusson Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning by Finnur Jónsson Norges Indskrifter med de ældre Runer by Sophus Bugge Danske sagn I-VI by Evald Tang Kristensen
About the HEIMSKRINGLA-project and the people behind it About the project Norrøne Tekster og Kvad. Mere end Snorre. Article about Heimskringla. Short presentation of the people behind the project. Arbejdskontoret, if you would like to become part of the project. Editorial principles.	New, more readable format of HEIMSKRINGLA     Do you use your mobile or tablet when visiting Heimskringla?     Then click on Mobilvisning at the bottom of the page.     It will give you an entirely new reading experiance.     Compatible with iPad and Android.
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