Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway, Volume 2
by Snorri Sturluson
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Contents
- 94. Fall of King Gudrod
- 95. Building of the Ship Long Serpent
- 96. Earl Eirik, the Son of Hakon
- 97. Eirik's Foray on the Baltic Coasts
- 98. King Svein's Marriage
- 99. King Burizleif's Marriage
- 100. Olaf Gets Thyre in Marriage
- 101. Olaf's Levy for War
- 102. Crew on Board of the Long Serpent
- 103. Iceland Baptized
- 104. Greenland Baptized
- 105. Ragnvald Sends Messengers to Olaf
- 106. Olaf Sends Expedition to Vindland
- 107. Olaf's Expedition Vindland
- 108. Conspiracy Against King Olaf
- 109. Earl Sigvalde's Treacherous Plans
- 110. King Olaf's Voyage from Vindland
- 111. Consultation of the Kings
- 112. Of King Olaf's People
- 113. Olaf's Ships Prepared for Battle
- 114. Of King Olaf
- 115. The Battle Begins
- 116. Flight of Svein and Olaf the Swede
- 117. Of Earl Eirik
- 118. Of Einar Tambarskelver
- 119. Olaf Gives His Men Sharp Swords
- 120. The Serpent Boarded
- 121. The Serpent's Decks Cleared
- 122. Report Among the People
- 123. Of Earl Eirik, the Son of Hakon
- Saga of Olaf Haraldson. (1)
- 1. Of Saint Olaf's Bringing Up
- 2. Of Olaf and King Sigurd Syr
- 3. Of Ring Olaf's Accomplishments
- 4. King Olaf's War Expedition
- 5. Olaf's First Battle
- 6. Foray in Svithjod
- 7. The Second Battle
- 8. The Third Battle
- 9. The Fourth Battle in Sudervik
- 10. The Fifth Battle in Friesland
- 11. Death of King Svein Forked Beard
- 12. The Sixth Battle
- 13. The Seventh Battle
- 14. Eighth and Ninth Battles of Olaf
- 15. The Tenth Battle
- 16. Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth Battles
- 17. Fourteenth Battle and Olaf's Dream
- 18. Fifteenth Battle
- 19. Of the Earls of Rouen
- 20. Of Einar Tambaskelfer
- 21. Of Erling Skialgson
- 22. Of the Herse Erling Skialgson
- 23. Of Earl Eirik
- 24. The Murder of Edmund
- 25. Olaf and Ethelred's Sons
- 26. Battle of King Olaf
- 27. Olaf's Expedition to Norway
- 28. Hakon Taken Prisoner by Olaf
- 29. Hakon's Departure from Norway
- 30. Asta Receives Her Son Olaf
- 31. King Sigurd's Dress
- 32. Of the Feast
- 33. Conversation of Olaf and Sigurd
- 34. Kings in the Upland Districts
- 35. Olaf Gets the Title of King from the Thing
- 36. King Olaf Travels in the Uplands
- 37. Levy Against Olaf in Throndhjem
- 38. Olaf's Progress in Throndhjem
- 39. Of Earl Svein's Proceedings
- 40. Earl Svein's and Einar's Consultations
- 41. Of Sigvat the Skald
- 42. Of Earl Svein
- 43. Of King Olaf
- 44. Of Earl Svein's Forces
- 45. King Olaf S Forces
- 46. King Olaf's Speech
- 47. Of the Battle at Nesjar
- 48. Earl Svein's Flight
- 49. Earl Svein Leaves the Country
- 50. Olaf's and Sigurd's Consultation
- 51. Of King Olaf
- 52. Plan of Svein and the Swedish King
- 53. Earl Svein's Death
- 54. Of the Throndhjem People
- 55. Of King Olaf's Household
- 56. Of King Olaf's Habits
- 57. King Olaf's Messengers
- 58. Olaf and Erling Reconciled
- 59. Eilif of Gautland's Murder
- 60. The History of Eyvind Urarhorn
- 61. Thrand White's Murder
- 62. Christianity Proclaimed in Viken
- 63. Hroe's Fall
- 64. Fall of Gudleik and Thorgaut
- 65. Meeting of Olaf and Ragnvald
- 66. King Olaf the Swede
- 67. Account of Their Reconciliation
- 68. Journey of Bjorn the Marshal
- 69. Conversation of Bjorn and Ingebjorg
- 70. Of Sigvat the Skald
- 71. Hjalte Skeggjason While He Was in Svithiod
- 72. Olaf's Journey to the Uplands
- 73. Treachery of the Upland Kings
- 74. Mutilating of the Upland Kings
- 75. King Olaf's Half-Brothers
- 76. The Division of the Country
- 77. Of the Lagman Thorgny
- 78. Meeting of Ragnvald and Ingegerd
- 79. Ragnvald and Thorgny
- 80. Of the Upsala Thing
- 81. Thorgny's Speech
- 82. Of King Hrorek's Treachery
- 83. Of Little Fin
- 84. Murder of Olaf's Court-Men
- 85. Of Hrorek's Assault
- 86. King Hrorek's Journey to Iceland
- 87. Battle in Ulfreks-Fjord
- 88. Olaf Prepares for His Bridal Journey
- 89. Of the Swedish King's Children
- 90. Of the Swedish King Olaf's Hunting
- 91. Olaf the Norway King's Counsels
- 92. Sigvat the Skald's Journey Eastwards
- 93. Ragnvald and Astra's Journey
- 94. Of King Olaf's Marriage
- 95. The Agreement Broken by Olaf
- 96. History of the Lagman Emund
- 97. Meeting of Reconciliation Between the Kings, and Their Game at Dice
- 98. Of Olaf of Norway, After the Meeting
- 99. History of the Earls of Orkney
- 100. Of the Earls Einar and Bruse
- 101. Of Thorkel Amundason
- 102. The Agreement of the Earls
- 103. Eyvind Urarhorn's Murder
- 104. Earl Einar's Murder
- 105. Agreement Between King Olaf and Earl Bruse
- 106. The Earl's Agreement to the King's Terms
- 107. Earl Thorfin's Departure, and Reconciliation with Thorkel
- 108. Earl Bruse's Departure
- 109. Of the Earls Thorfin and Bruse
- 110. Of Harek of Thjotta
- 111. Of the People of Halogaland
- 112. Of Asmund Grankelson
- 113. Of the Sacrifices of the Throndhjem People
- 114. Of the Sacrifices by the People of the Interior of the Throndhjem District
- 115. Murder of Olver of Eggja
- 116. Of the Sons of Arne
- 117. King Olaf's Journey to the Uplands
- 118. The Story of Dale-Gudbrand
- 119. Dale-Gudbrand Is Baptized
- 120. Hedemark Baptized
- 121. Reconciliation of the King and Einar
- 122. Reconciliation of the King and Erling
- 123. Here Begins the Story of Asbjorn Selsbane
- 124. Murder of Thorer Sel
- 125. Of Skjalg, the Son of Erling Skjalgson
- 126. Of Thorarin Nefiulfson
- 127. Erling's Reconciliation with King Olaf
- 128. Of Thorer Hund and Asbjorn Selsbane
- 129. King Olaf Baptizes in Vors and Valders
- 130. Of Einar Tambaskelfer
- 131. The Birth of King Magnus
- 132. The Murder of Asbjorn Selsbane
- 133. Of King Olaf
- 134. King Olaf's Message to Iceland, and the Counsels of the Icelanders
- 135. The Answer of the Icelanders
- 136. Of the People of the Farey Islands
- 137. Of the Marriage of Ketil and of Thord to the King's Sisters
- 138. Of the Icelanders
- 139. Here Begins the Story of Canute the Great
- 140. Canute's Message to King Olaf
- 141. King Olaf's Alliance with Onund the King of Svithjod
- 142. King Canute's Ambassadors to Onund of Svithjod
- 143. The Expedition to Bjarmaland
- 144. Meeting of King Olaf and King Onund
- 145. Thoralf's Murder
- 146. Of the Icelanders
- 147. Of the Jamtaland People
- 148. Stein's Story
- 149. Fin Arnason's Expedition to Halogaland
- 150. Dispute Between Harek and Asmund
- 151. Thorod's Story
- 152. King Olaf's Levy of Men
- 153. Karl Morske's Story
- 154. King Olaf's Expedition with His Levy
- 155. Of King Olaf and King Onund
- 156. Of King Canute the Great
- 157. Of King Canute's Ship the Dragon
- 158. Hardaknut Taken to Be King in Denmark
- 159. Foray in Scania
- 160. Battle in Helga River
- 161. King Olaf and King Onund's Plans
- 162. Of King Canute and Earl Ulf
- 163. Of the Earl's Murder
- 164. Of King Olaf and the Swedes
- 165. Of Egil and Tofe
- 166. Treachery Towards King Olaf
- 167. King Olaf's Consultations
- 168. Harek of Thjotta's Voyage
- 169. King Olaf's Course from Svithjod
- 170. Of Sigvat the Skald
- 171. Of Erling Skjalgson and His Sons
- 172. Of King Olaf's Presents at Yule
- 173. Of Bjorn the Bailiff
- 174. Of Raud's Sons
- 175. Thorer's Death
- 176. The Fall of Grjotgard
- 177. King Olaf Sends for His Ships and Goods
- 178. King Olaf's Counsels
- 179. Harek of Thjotta Burns Grankel and His Men
- 180. King Canute's Expedition to Norway
- 181. Of King Canute
- 182. Of Thorarin Loftunga
- 183. Of the Messengers Sent by King Olaf for His Ships
- 184. Of King Olaf in His Proceedings
- 185. Of King Olaf's Voyage
- 186. Of Erling Skjalgson's Fall
- 187. Of the Insurrection of Agder District
- 188. Death of Aslak Fitiaskalle
- 189. Clearing of the Urd
- 190. Olaf's Prophecies
- 191. King Olaf Proceeds to Russia
- 192. Causes of the Revolt Against King Olaf
- 193. Of Jokul Bardson
- 194. Of Kalf Arnason
- 195. Of the Death of Earl Hakon
- 196. Of Bjorn the Marshal
- 197. Bjorn the Marshal's Journey
- 198. Of King Olaf
- 199. Of King Olaf's Dream
- 200. Of King Olaf's Healing Powers
- 201. King Olaf Burns the Wood Shavings on His Hand for His Sabbath Breach
- 202. Of King Olaf
- 203. Of King Olaf's Journey from Russia
- 204. Of the Lendermen in Norway
- 205. Of Einar Tambaskelfer
- 206. Of the Chief People in Norway
- 207. Of Harald Sigurdson's Proceedings
- 208. Of King Olaf's Proceedings in Svithjod
- 209. King Olaf Advances to Jarnberaland
- 210. Of Dag Hringson
- 211. Of King Olaf's Journey
- 212. Of Vagabond-Men
- 213. Of King Olaf's Vision
- 214. Of the Miracle on the Corn Land
- 215. Of the Baptism of the Vagabond Forest-Men
- 216. King Olaf's Speech
- 217. King Olaf's Counsel
- 218. Of King Olaf's Skalds
- 219. Of King Olaf's Gifts for the Souls of Those Who Should Be Slain
- 220. Of Thormod Kolbrunarskald
- 221. King Olaf Comes to Stiklestad
- 222. Of Thorgils Halmason
- 223. Olaf's Speech
- 224. Of Thord Folason
- 225. Of King Olaf's Armour
- 226. King Olaf's Dream
- 227. Of Arnljot Gelline's Baptism
- 228. Concerning the Army Collected in Norway
- 229. Of Bishop Sigurd
- 230. Bishop Sigurd's Speech
- 231. Of the Lendermen
- 232. Kalf Arnason's Speech
- 233. How the Lendermen Set Up Their Banners
- 234. Of Thorstein Knarrarsmid
- 235. Of the Preparations of the Bondes
- 236. Of the King's and the Bondes' Armies
- 237. Meeting of the King and the Bondes
- 238. Beginning of the Battle of Stiklestad
- 239. Thorgeir of Kviststad's Fall
- 240. King Olaf's Fall
- 241. Beginning of Dag Hringson's Attack
- 242. King Olaf's Miracle Shown to Thorer Hund
- 243. Of Kalf Arnason's Brothers
- 244. Of the Bondes of Veradal
- 245. Of the King's Brother, Harald Sigurdson
- 246. Of Thormod Kolbrunarskald
- 247. Thormod's Death
- 248. Of Some Circumstances of the Battle
- 249. A Miracle on a Blind Man
- 250. Of Thorer Hund
- 251. Of King Olaf's Body
- 252. Of the Beginning of King Svein Alfifason's Government
- 253. Of King Svein's Laws
- 254. Of King Olaf's Sanctity
- 255. Of Einar Tambaskelfer
- 256. Of the Sons of Arne
- 257. Bishop Sigurd's Flight
- 258. King Olaf the Saint's Remains Disinterred
- 259. Of King Olaf's Miracles
- 260. Of King Olaf's Age and Reign
- 261. Of the Throndhjem People
- 262. Of King Svein's Levy
- 263. King Trygve Olafson's Fall
- 264. Of the Counsels of Einar Tambaskelfer and Kalf Arnason
- 265. Of Einar Tambaskelfer and Kalf Arnason's Journey
- Saga of Magnus the Good
- 1. Magnus Olafson's Journey from the West
- 2. Magnus's Expedition from Svithjod
- 3. Magnus Made King
- 4. King Svein's Flight