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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 3000 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.		Flere bøker
New texts: Ivar Bårdssøns beskrivelse af Grønland (Danish; Asger Olsen et al.) Um byggðir Íslendinga og Norðmanna á Grænlandi á miðri 14. öld (islandsk; Norðanfari) Soga um Olav den heilage (Norwegian; Steinar Schjött) Gísla saga Súrssonar (Old Norse; Guðni Jónsson) Fortællingen om Torvard Kragenæse (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen) Fortællingen om Ottar den Sorte (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen) Den længere fortælling om Stuf (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen) Fortællingen om Torstein Skræk (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen) Fortællingen om Odd Ufeigson (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen) Magnus Barfods Vesterhavstog (Norwegian; Gustav Storm) Finnur Jónsson on Norsk litteratur: Romantiske sagaer (Danish) Slaget ved Nissaa (Danish; Grímur Thomsen) Finnur Jónsson on Lærd litteratur i 1100-1300 (Danish) Olav den Helliges saga (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen) Finnur Jónsson on De Grammatiske afhandlinger (Danish) Olav Kyrre (Norwegian; Per Sivle) Didrik av Berns saga (Norwegian; Kjell Tore Nilssen og Árni Ólafsson) Qvad om Helge Hjorvardssøn (Danish; Finnur Magnusson) Vølundar-Qvida (Danish; Finnur Magnusson) Ivar Bårdsöns Grönlands Beskrivelse (Old Danish, Finnur Jónsson) Grønlands gamle topografi efter kilderne (Danish; Finnur Jónsson) Arnórs þáttr jarlaskálds (Old Norse; Guðni Jónsson) Harðar saga Grímkelssonar (Old Norse;Guðni Jónsson) Ívars þáttr Ingimundarsonar (Old Norse; Guðni Jónsson) Þórarins þáttr stuttfeldar (Old Norse; Guðni Jónsson) Hreiðars þáttr (Old Norse; Guðni Jónsson) Ölkofra saga (Old Norse; Guðni Jónsson) Hrafns þáttr Guðrúnarsonar (Old Norse; Guðni Jónsson) Eyrbyggja saga (Old Norse; Guðni Jónsson) Det gamle Bjarkemål (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen) Snorre och hans litterära verksamhet (Swedish; H. O. H. Hildebrand) Previous New texts	We present: Saga of St. Olaf Norwegian translation by Steinar Schjött, 1900 The Saga of St. Olaf is not just the story about Olaf Haraldson’s attempt to acquire and Christianize Norway. Often Olaf is only seen in the background while we read about the many secondary characters of the saga, e.g. the Swedish king and his disobedient daughters, the unruly earls of Orkney and the Faroese who are very reluctant to pay taxes. It is all tied together by King Olaf’s constant disputes with domestic high ranked men and foreign kings, which inevitably leads to his downfall in the famous Battle of Stiklestad year 1030.
	Special features: Source Index: - Did you find your text? Index of skalds: Who were they? 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. E-Library: Links to some 400 books - all available online. Gallery: Visit Heimskringla's gallery of historical sites etc. Map archive: Maps of important saga places.
	Ongoing projects: «Den ældre Edda» in Danish by Frederik Winkel Horn «Den ældre Edda» in Danish by Finnur Magnusson «Den oldnorske og oldislandske litt.'s hist.» by Finnur Jónsson «Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning» by Finnur Jónsson «Kongesogur» Snorre's Heimskringla in Norwegian by S. Schjött «Norges Indskrifter med de ældre Runer» by Sophus Bugge
About the HEIMSKRINGLA-project Read more about our project «Norrøne Tekster og Kvad» Visit Arbeidskontoret if you would like to become part of the project by translating, proofreading og technical assistance. Read about Heimskringla in the article «Mere end Snorre»	The people behind HEIMSKRINGLA Here you can read a short presentation of the people behind this website and the HEIMSKRINGLA-project. Likewise you can see how to become part of this exciting project.
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