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Fagrskinna (Old Norse: Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈfɑɣrˌskinːɑ]; Icelandic: Fagurskinna [ˈfaːɣʏrˌscɪnːa]; trans. "Fair Leather" from the type of parchment) is one of the kings' sagas, written around 1220. It is assumed to be a source for what is known as the Heimskringla, containing histories of Norwegian kings from the 9th to 12th centuries, as well as skaldic verse.

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Fagrskinna

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Fagrskinna (Old Norse: Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈfɑɣrˌskinːɑ]; Icelandic: Fagurskinna [ˈfaːɣʏrˌscɪnːa]; trans. "Fair Leather" from the type of parchment)...

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Einherjar

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commemorating the death of Eric Bloodaxe known as Eiríksmál as compiled in Fagrskinna. An etymological connection exists between the einherjar and the Harii...

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Eric Bloodaxe

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1190) – and the later Icelandic kings' sagas Orkneyinga saga (c. 1200), Fagrskinna (c. 1225), the Heimskringla ascribed to Snorri Sturluson (c. 1230), Egils...

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Halfdan the Black

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Fairhair, the first king of a unified Norway. According to Heimskringla and Fagrskinna, Halfdan was the son of the Yngling King Gudrød the Hunter. Heimskringla...

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Sweyn Forkbeard

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four districts in Trondheim as well as Møre, Romsdal and Rånrike (the Fagrskinna, by contrast, says that the Swedish part consisted of Oppland and a part...

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Valhalla

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commemorating the death of Eric Bloodaxe known as Eiríksmál as compiled in Fagrskinna. Valhalla inspired innumerable works of art, publication titles, and elements...

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Harald Fairhair

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his narrative of the Battle of Hafrsfjord, while another is cited in Fagrskinna as information about Harald. Both credits Hornklofi as the composer. Hrafnsmál...

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Valkyrie

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quote from the anonymous 10th century poem Eiríksmál is provided (see the Fagrskinna section below for more detail about the poem and another translation):...

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Waldemar

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Novgorod), in this case as a translation of the Slavic name Volodimer. The Fagrskinna kings' sagas also have Valdamarr as the translation of Slavic Volodimer/Vladimir...

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Harthacnut

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this claim. Both considered themselves legal heirs to Harthacnut. The Fagrskinna contains a scene where Magnus proclaims: "I will take possession of all...

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Heimskringla

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disputed, but they include earlier kings' sagas, such as Morkinskinna, Fagrskinna and the 12th-century Norwegian synoptic histories and oral traditions...

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Battle of Svolder

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account of the battle. This was taken up by the later Icelandic sagas, Fagrskinna and Heimskringla (ca. 1220), both of which add quotations of skaldic verse...

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Sigurd II

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The main sources to Sigurd’s reign are the kings’ sagas Heimskringla, Fagrskinna, Morkinskinna and Ágrip. The three former base at least part of their...

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Heitstrenging

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was an effort to breed the largest pig possible for the occasion. In Fagrskinna, the term heitstrenging is used to describe the swearing of an oath on...

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Magnus Barefoot

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Icelandic sagas Heimskringla (by Snorri Sturluson), Morkinskinna and Fagrskinna, which date to about the 1220s. While the later sagas are the most detailed...

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Inge Haraldsson

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The main sources to Inge’s reign are the kings’ sagas Heimskringla, Fagrskinna, Morkinskinna and Ágrip. The three former base at least part of their...

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Unification of Norway

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historie (Oslo: Gyldendal) ISBN 978-8205065154 Finlay, Alison (2004) Fagrskinna, a Catalogue of the Kings of Norway (Brill Academic) ISBN 90-04-13172-8...

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Symbel

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Heimskringla account of the funeral ale held by King Sweyn, or in the Fagrskinna. Paul C. Bauschatz in 1976 suggested that the term reflects a pagan ritual...

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Magnus V of Norway

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(London: Norroena Society, 1907) Finlay, Alison editor and translator Fagrskinna, a Catalogue of the Kings of Norway (Brill Academic. 2004) Gjerset, Knut...

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Jomsborg

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theories has not yet been possible. According to the Knytlingasaga and Fagrskinna, Jomsborg was built by the Danish king Harold Bluetooth (910-985/86) in...

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Petty kingdoms of Norway

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Gullskjegg (translate: Harald the Goldbeard): 770–850 AD (according to Fagrskinna and Heimskringla ) Rulers: Halfdan Hvitbeinn The status of Telemark as...

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Eystein II of Norway

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The main sources to Eystein's reign are the kings' sagas Heimskringla, Fagrskinna, Morkinskinna and Ágrip. The three former base at least part of their...

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Harald Bluetooth

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Archived from the original on 20 September 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2012. Fagrskinna ch. 7 (ed. Finnur Jónsson 1902–8, p. 31) af Harallde Gormssyne (dative)...

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Ragnvald Ulfsson

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quoted in the 13th century sagas Fagrskinna and Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla. In addition to the poem, Fagrskinna only briefly mentions Ragnvald, while...

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Vladimir the Great

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May 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019. "Час побудови собору". 26 May 2020. Fagrskinna ch. 21 (ed. Finnur Jónsson 1902–8, p. 108). Клосс, Борис (15 May 2022)...

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