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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 5400 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: Fire tekster om bjergfolk, som må flytte: Bjærgfolks flytning. De døde stude (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Bjærgfolks overfart (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Bjærgfolk flytter. Dingdanger o. s. v. (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Bjærgfolk flytter (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Who was Eugen Kölbing (Danish biography) Vitæ Patrum I (Old Norse; C. R. Unger) Who was Jens Andreas Friis (Danish biography) Who was Kristofer Visted (Danish biography) Syv tekster om skærmydsler med bjergfolk: Ridt med bjærgmanden (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Bjærgfolk gjör kreaturer fortræd (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Bjærgfolks slagsmål (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Bjærgfolk gjör fortræd på mennesker (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) «Kniven er hvas» (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Bjærgfolk vil gjenne væk fra höjene (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Flyttet af bjærgfolk (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Otte tekster om at grave efter skatte i høje: Hunde o. s. v. på skatten (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Koglerier ved skattegravning. Mus, tusser o. s. v. (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Koglerier ved skattegravning. Karét, hølæs m. m. (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Koglerier ved skattegravning. Kokken (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Skattegravning. Byen brænder (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Skattegravning. De gravende må ej snakke (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Ild på höje. Skattegravning (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Ild på höje (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Fire tekster om fødende bjergkvinder: Bjærgkvinders forløsning (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Bjærgkvinders forløsning. Bjærgmanden vil tage med tilbage (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Bjærgkvinders forløsning. Hövlspåner til belönning (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Bjærgkvinders forløsning. Kul, sten, jord o. s. v. til belönning (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Af Agulando konungi (Old Norse; C. R. Unger) Staldens flytning (Danish; Evald Tang Kr.) Þiðriks saga af Bern - Þiðrecr konungr byr til veizlo (Old Norse; Henrik Bertelsen) Previous New texts	We present: Index og authors New search function on Heimskringla Looking for a particular title in a collection of some 5000 texts can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. Logical functions for searching are absolutely essential to an extensive database. So far you have been able to look for a particular text in the Tekstoversigt and the Kildeindex. But no background material such as academic books, articles, ballads, folklore etc. are to be found in these indexes. Now we present a new Index og authors - Forfatterindex - containing all texts.
	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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