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HEIMSKRINGLA HEIMSKRINGLA is an online collection of Old Norse source material, primarily Eddas, Icelandic sagas, scaldic poetry, and some background material. HEIMSKRINGLA consists of some 6800 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 Flateyjarbók – Vol. 2 The largest medieval Icelandic manuscript is the Flateyjarbók which goes back to the end of the 14th Century. It is named after it's owner an Icelandic farmer on the island of Flatey. In the year 1662 the learned bishop Brynjolf Sveinsson gave the book as a present to the Danish king Frederik III, who placed it in the Royal Library of Copenhagen. In 1971 the manuscript returned to Iceland and is now preserved in the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies. In the years 1860-68 C. R. Unger and G. Vigfússon published the entire manuscript in three huge volumes – almost 2000 pages. Volumes one and two of this massive work are now fully digitalized on Heimskringla.	WE PRESENT: on print SUMMER READING Sturlunga saga – Volume 2 Translated by Kristian Kålund Sturlunga saga is a collection of Icelandic sagas which portray the turbulent period called the Age of the Sturlungs, following the chain of events that bring Iceland on the brink of civil war. The sagas cover the period 1117-1262, where the country lost its sovereignty. – Volume 2 contains: the large Islendinga saga, which is the crux of the Sturlunga saga collection and probably written by Sturla Þorðarsson. Published by HEIMSKRINGLA Reprint and available here. The final volume will be out in August.
Recent texts Grim Loddenkinds saga (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2021) Halldórs þáttr Snorrasonar (Old Norse; C. R. Unger and Guðbrandur Vigfússon, 1868) Sporrings Relation angaaende Findmarcken (Danish; Hans Hammond, 1734) Berättelse om Ecclesiastiqve (Swedish, Olof Mallmer (Malmerfelt), 1742) Eyktarstad-problemet og Vinlandsreisene (Norwegian; M.M. Mjelde, 1927) Norrøne gude- og heltesagn - Gudesagnene eller den egentlige gudelære (Norwegian; P.A. Munch, 1922) Gammelnordisk religion (Danish; Marius Kristensen, 1977) Snegluhalla þáttr (norrønt; C. R. Unger og Guðbrandur Vigfússon, 1868) Saga Hálfdanar svarta (Old Norse; Finnur Jónsson, 1900) Om lappernes religion og hvad dertill henhører (Danish; Anonymous, ca. 1760) Vikingerne - Livssyn og Dannelse ved Overgangen fra Vikingetid til Middelalder (Norwegian; Alexander Bugge, 1904) Vikingerne - Vikingetidens Kultur (Norwegian; Alexander Bugge, 1904) Auðunar þáttr vestfirðska (Old Norse; C. R. Unger and Guðbrandur Vigfússon, 1868) Ynglinga saga (Old Norse; Finnur Jónsson, 1911) Vikingerne - Kulturens Arnesteder i gammel Tid (Norwegian; Alexander Bugge, 1904) Sagaen om Egil den Enhåndede og Asmund Bersærksbane (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2021) Lappernes hedenskab og trolddomskunst sammenholdt med andre folks, især nordmændenes tro og overtro (Norwegian; Johan Fritzner, 1877) Hemings þáttr Áslakssonar (Old Norse; C. R. Unger and Guðbrandur Vigfússon, 1868) Norrøne gude- og heltesagn - Innledning (Norwegian; P.A. Munch, 1922) Vikingerne - Vikingetids-Minder fra Øen Man (Norwegian; Alexander Bugge, 1904) Gamla religionen: offer och trolltrummans bruk m.m. (Swedish; Gustaf von Düben, 1873) Om Lappland och Lapparne: Gamla religionen (Swedish; Gustaf von Düben, 1873) Óláfs saga kyrra (Old Norse; Finnur Jónsson, 1900) Ur lappsk mytologi: Lexicon A–Ä (Swedish; Jakob Fellman, 1906) Vikingerne - Livet i en Vikingenybygd. Nordmænd og Dansker i Irland (Norwegian; Alexander Bugge, 1904) Edvarðar saga hins helga (Flateyjarbók) (Old Norse; C. R. Unger and Guðbrandur Vigfússon, 1868) De hedenske lappers religion (Danish; Jens Vahl, 1866) Om Lapparnes hedniska gudomligheter (Swedish; Jakob Fellman, 1906) Vikingerne - Barn og Olding (Norwegian; Alexander Bugge, 1904) Ur lappsk mytologi: Dopet (Swedish; Jakob Fellman, 1906) Hvem var Lars Eskeland? (Norwegian biography) Heilag Olav (Norwegian; Lars Eskeland, 1923) Prologus (Old Norse; Finnur Jónsson, 1900)       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 De gamle Eddadigte published and interpreted by Finnur Jónsson Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning by Finnur Jónsson Heimskringla by Finnur Jónsson Flateyjarbók by Guðbrandur Vigfússon and 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. Riddersagaer      12. Bispesagaer      13. Historiske værker      14. Annaler      15. Lovtekster      16. Øvrige kildetekster
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