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Heimskringla
Sign in to save'''''' () is the best known of the Old Norwegian kings' sagas. It was written in Old Norse in Iceland. While authorship of Heimskringla is nowhere attributed, some scholars assume it is written by the Icelandic knight, poet and historian, Snorri Sturluson (1178/79–1241) 1230. The title was first used in the 17th century, derived from the first two words of one of the manuscripts (kringla heimsins, "the circle of the world").
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- Author
- Snorri Sturluson
- First published
- 1633
- Editions
- 75
- Subjects
- Discovery and exploration, Early works to 1300, History, Norse, Northmen, Old Norse literature, Sagas, Sources
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Has part
- Ynglinga saga
- Author
- Snorri Sturluson
- Genre
- saga
- Main subject
- history of Norway
- Image
- Norges kongesagaer-Tittelblad 1914-utgave-G. Munthe.jpg
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- inception
- 1225-00-00
- Commons category
- Heimskringla
- language of work or name
- Old Icelandic
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- Heimskringla
- work available at URL
- urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2014061806173
- copyright status
- public domain
- form of creative work
- prose
- number of parts of this work
- 16
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Authorship
- Title
- Manuscript history
- Summary
- Sources
- Historical reliability
- Influence
- Editions and translations
- History of translations
- Editions
- Translations
- Further reading
- References
- External links
'''''' () is the best known of the Old Norwegian kings' sagas. It was written in Old Norse in Iceland. While authorship of Heimskringla is nowhere attributed, some scholars assume it is written by the Icelandic knight, poet and historian, Snorri Sturluson (1178/79–1241) 1230. The title was first used in the 17th century, derived from the first two words of one of the manuscripts (kringla heimsins, "the circle of the world").
is a collection of sagas about Swedish and Norwegian kings, beginning with the saga of the legendary Swedish-Norwegian dynasty of the Ynglings, followed by accounts of historical Norwegian rulers from Harald Fairhair of the 9th century up to the death of the pretender Eystein Meyla in 1177.
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