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HEIMSKRINGLA HEIMSKRINGLA is an online collection of Old Norse source material, primarily Eddas, sagas, and scaldic poetry, secondary background material and sources of Sámi culture. HEIMSKRINGLA consists of some 7100 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.		SHOP
WE PRESENT: digitalized Legendary sagas (fornaldarsögur) in Danish translation by Jesper Lauridsen, 2022 Asmund Kæmpebanes saga Erik den Vidtberejstes saga Halfdan Eysteinsons saga Sagaen om Hedin og Høgne Hvorledes Norge blev fundet Ingvar den Vidtberejstes saga – excerpt Fortællingen om Norne-Gæst Ættefaldet – from Gautreks saga	WE PRESENT: on print Widukinds Sakserkrønike Translated by J. P. Jacobsen Widukinds Sakserkrønike – Res gestae saxonicae – is a valuable source text to the history of Northern Europe up to the end of the 10th century. The work is divided into three books: Book one tells by way of introduction about a number of wars tracing the career of Henry the Fowler. Book two is dedicated to events around Otto the Great, king of Germany. Book three tells about the time after Otto and contains among other stories the famous tale about king Harald Bluetooth and bishop Poppo. This chronicle is particularly valuable, because here Saxon history is beeing told by a Saxon. – Read more about the book here or order it through Heimskringla Reprint.
Recent texts Nord i tåkeheimen - Den tidlige middelalder (Norwegian; Fridtjof Nansen, 1911) Sankt Agnes’ saga (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2023) Nord i tåkeheimen - Oldtiden efter Pytheas (Norwegian; Fridtjof Nansen, 1911) Nord i tåkeheimen - Pytheas fra Massalia. Reisen til Thule (Norwegian; Fridtjof Nansen, 1911) Thomas v. Westens undersøkelser til Runebommens forklaring (Danish; Hans Skanke, 1730) Sankt Dorotheas saga (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2023) Billeder fra samisk kultur (New picture gallery, 2023) Fides, Spes og Caritas (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2023) Fra bręðrvm .ii. er predicvðv (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1871) Pischan-paschans son (Swedish; Anders Fjellner, 1873) Sankt Barbaras saga (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2023) Solsonens frieri i Jätte-land (Swedish; Anders Fjellner, 1873) Legenden om korset (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2023) Nord i tåkeheimen - Oldtiden før Pytheas (Norwegian; Fridtjof Nansen, 1911) Who was Fridtjof Nansen? (Norwegian biography) Sankt Margarethas saga (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2023) Lapptrumman (Swedish, J. G. Liljengren og C. G. Brunius, 1823) Sankt Agathes saga (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2022) Sankt Lucias saga (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2022) Who was K. B. Wiklund? (Swedish biography) Sigurðar saga, Eysteins ok Óláfs (Old Norse; Finnur Jónsson, 1911) Haakon Magnussøns saga (Norwegian; Gustav Storm, 1899) Sagaen om Hedin og Høgne (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2022) Færøiske sagn om kong Sverre (Norwegian; Gustav Storm, 1884) Fra klerk einvm (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1871) Mytiske sagn fra Telemarken - Troldkjærringer (Norwegian; M. B. Landstad, 1926) Mytiske sagn fra Telemarken - Minder om Afgudsdyrkelsen (Norwegian; M. B. Landstad, 1926) Vaulundurs Saga (Danish; Adam Oehlenschläger, 1805) Mytiske sagn fra Telemarken - Om Nisserne (Norwegian; M. B. Landstad, 1926)       Previous New texts	Special features Source Index: - Did you find your text? Forfatterindex: Searching by author, translator and/or publisher. 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.
	Ongoing projects Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning by Finnur Jónsson Heimskringla by Finnur Jónsson Maríu jartegnir by C. R. Unger Danske sagn I-VI by Evald Tang Kristensen       More Ongoing and coming projects
	About the HEIMSKRINGLA-project and the people behind it About the project Norrøne Tekster og Kvad. A short presentation of the people behind the project. Mere end Snorre. Article about Heimskringla. Arbejdskontoret, if you would like to become part of the project. Redaktionelle retningslinjer.
Explore HEIMSKRINGLA The big overview TEKSTOVERSIGTEN .         1. Den ældre Edda         2. Edda-lignende tekster         3. Den yngre Edda (Snorres Edda)         4. Skjaldekvad og rímur         5. Islændingesagaer og fortællinger      6. Samtidssagaer      7. Kongesagaer I (Snorres)      8. Kongesagaer II (Øvrige)      9. Fornaldersagaer      10. Helgensagaer (og religiøs litt.)      11. Apostelsagaer      12. Riddersagaer      13. Bispesagaer      14. Historiske værker      15. Annaler      16. Lovtekster      17. Øvrige kildetekster
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