Heimskringla: The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway

Heimskringla is a collection of sagas about the Norwegian kings, beginning with the saga of the legendary Swedish 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.

Contents:

Kings' Sagas

Ynglinga Saga

Halfdan the Black Saga

Harald Harfager's Saga

Hakon the Good's Saga

Saga of King Harald Grafeld and of Earl Hakon Son of Sigurd

King Olaf Trygvason's Saga

Saga of Olaf Haraldson (St. Olaf)

Saga of Magnus the Good

Saga of Harald Hardrade

Saga of Olaf Kyrre

Magnus Barefoot's Saga

Saga of Sigurd the Crusader and His Brothers Eystein and Olaf

Saga of Magnus the Blind and of Harald Gille

Saga of Sigurd, Inge, and Eystein, the Sons of Harald

Saga of Hakon Herdebreid

Magnus Erlingson's Saga







Snorri Sturluson (1179 – 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician. He was elected twice as lawspeaker to the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. He was the author of the Prose Edda or Younger Edda, which consists of Gylfaginning, a narrative of Norse mythology, the Skáldskaparmál, a book of poetic language, and the Háttatal, a list of verse forms. He was also the author of the Heimskringla, a history of the Norwegian kings that begins with legendary material in Ynglinga saga and moves through to early medieval Scandinavian history.