Heimskringla - Contents

Contents

Heimskringla contains the following sagas (see also List of Norwegian monarchs):

  1. Ynglinga saga
  2. Saga of Halfdan Svarte (Svarte: "the Black")
  3. Saga of Harald Hårfagre (Hårfagre: "finehair") (died ca. 931)
  4. Saga of Håkon Góði (Góði: "the Good") (died 961)
  5. Saga of King Harald Grafeld (Grafeld: "Greycloak") (died 969)
  6. Saga of King Olaf Tryggvason (died 1000)
  7. Saga of Olaf Haraldson (died 1030), excerpt from conversion of Dale-Gudbrand
  8. Saga of Magnus Góði (died 1047)
  9. Saga of Harald Hardråde (Hardråde: "Hardruler") (died 1066)
  10. Saga of Olaf Kyrre (Kyrre: "the Gentle") (died 1093)
  11. Saga of Magnus Berfættur (Berfættur: "Barefoot") (died 1103)
  12. Saga of Sigurð the Crusader (died 1130) and his brothers
  13. Saga of Magnus Blindi (Blindi: "the Blind") (dethroned 1135) and of Harald Gilli (died 1136)
  14. Saga of Sigurð (died 1155), Eystein (died 1157) and Inge (died 1161), the sons of Harald
  15. Saga of Håkon Herðibreiðs (Herðibreiðs: "the Broadshouldered") (died 1162)
  16. Saga of Magnus Erlingson (died 1184)

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