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      HEIMSKRINGLA    
      OR    
      THE CHRONICLE OF THE KINGS OF NORWAY    

      By Snorri Sturlason    
      (c.1179-1241)    


        Originally written in Old Norse, app. 1225 A.D., by the poet and        historian Snorri Sturlason.      

 

 
        TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:      
        The "Heimskringla" of Snorri Sturlason is a collection of sagas        concerning the various rulers of Norway, from about A.D. 850 to the year        A.D. 1177.      
        The Sagas covered in this work are the following:      
  1.  Halfdan the Black Saga  2.  Harald Harfager's Saga  3.  Hakon the Good's Saga  4.  Saga of King Harald Grafeld and of Earl Hakon Son of Sigurd  5.  King Olaf Trygvason's Saga  6.  Saga of Olaf Haraldson (St. Olaf)  7.  Saga of Magnus the Good  8.  Saga of Harald Hardrade  9.  Saga of Olaf Kyrre  10. Magnus Barefoot's Saga  11. Saga of Sigurd the Crusader and His Brothers Eystein and Olaf  12. Saga of Magnus the Blind and of Harald Gille  13. Saga of Sigurd, Inge, and Eystein, the Sons of Harald  14. Saga of Hakon Herdebreid ("Hakon the Broad-Shouldered")  15. Magnus Erlingson's Saga
        While scholars and historians continue to debate the historical accuracy        of Sturlason's work, the "Heimskringla" is still considered an important        original source for information on the Viking Age, a period which        Sturlason covers almost in its entirety.