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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 4400 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: Elverskud (Danish ballad; Axel Olrik) Germand Gladensvend (Danish ballad; Axel Olrik) Holger Danske og stærk Didrik (Danish ballad; Axel Olrik) De vare syv og syvsindstyve (Danish ballad; Axel Olrik) Hellig Oluf og Troldene (Danish ballad; Axel Olrik) Harpens Kraft (Danish ballad; Axel Olrik) Tredie Qvad om Sigurd Fafnersbane (Danish; Finnur Magnusson) Aage og Else (Danish ballad; Axel Olrik) Alf i Odderskær (Danish ballad; Axel Olrik) Havbor og Signild (Danish ballad; Axel Olrik) Folkevisernes senere Skæbne (Danish; Axel Olrik) Skæmteviser og Lyrik (Danish; Axel Olrik) Kæmpeviser (Danish; Axel Olrik) Trylleviser (Danish; Axel Olrik) Historiske folkeviser (Danish; Axel Olrik) De vigtigste Æmner i folkeviserne (Danish; Axel Olrik) Samfundsklasser i folkeviserne (Danish; Axel Olrik) Folkevisernes Skueplads (Danish; Axel Olrik) Folkeviserne i Almindelighed (Danish; Axel Olrik) Dans og Dansevise (Danish; Axel Olrik) Tord aff Haffsgaard oc Tosse Greffue (Danish; Anders Sørensen Vedel) Thors Hammer (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) Om folkevisen Ungen Svejdal (Danish; Hans Chr. P. Hansen) Ungen Svejdal (en variant) (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) Ungen Svejdal (Danish; Axel Olrik) Ungen Svejdal (Danish; Evald Tang Kristensen) Ungen Sveidal (Danish; Ernst von der Recke) Landnámabók som historisk kilde (Danish; Jakob Benediktsson) Who was Eiríkur Magnússon (Danish biography) Magnus Lagabøters landslov (V. Arvetallet) (Norwegian; Absalon Taranger) Geisli (Old Norse; Fornmanna Sögur) Et ubestemmeligt brudstykke: Skáld-Helgi Þórðarson (B1) (Old Norse; Finnur Jónsson) Previous New texts	We present: Ungen Svejdal - a Danish ballad in four different versions by Axel Olrik, Ernst von der Recke and Evald Tang Kristensen. In the year 1868 Danish folklorist Evald Tang Kristensen traveled through inner Jutland to collect remnants of almost forgotten ballads. Here he ran into some old people who remembered an old ballad about a young man named Svejdal. There was a striking resemblance between this ballad and two eddic poems about another young man named Svipdag.
	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. Archive of maps: Maps of important saga places. Chronological outline: Table of names and events in Nordic Middle Ages.
	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 «The Book of Settlements» in Danish by Carsten Lyngdrup Madsen «En historisk-topografisk beskrivelse af Island» by Kristian Kålund «Den ældre Edda» in Danish by Bertel Christian Sandvig
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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