Category

Lawspeakers

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Snorri Sturluson

Icelandic historian, poet and politician (AD 1179–1241)

thumb|300px|Torgny the Lawspeaker showing the power of his office to the king of Sweden at [[Gamla Uppsala, 1018. The lawspeaker forced king Olof Skötkonung not only to accept peace with his enemy, king Olaf the Stout of Norway, but also to give his daughter to him in marriage. Modern historians doubt this account. Illustration by C. Krohg.]]

Sturla Þórðarson

Icelandic writer and lawspeaker (1214-1284)

Regent of Sweden (1460-1530)

Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði

Icelandic lawspeaker

Eskil Magnusson

Swedish politician

Haukr Erlendsson

lawspeaker of Iceland

Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna

Swedish politician (1586-1656)

Óláfr Þórðarson

Icelandic historian and poet

Svantepolk of Viby

Þorgnýr the Lawspeaker

Skapti Þóroddsson

Icelandic lawspeaker

Folkvid the Lawspeaker

Swedish lawspeaker