Ingjald

Snorri Sturluson relates that when his father Anund had died, Ingjald became the king of Sweden. The kings at Uppsala were the foremost among the kings of the various provinces since Odin ruled the country, and they were the supreme chiefs of the other kingdoms since the death of Agne and Sweden was divided between Erik and Alrik. The descendants of these two kings had spread, cleared land and settled new territories, ...

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Ingjald, Ingjald - Youth, Ingjald - The deceit, Ingjald - Wars, Ingjald - Downfall, Ingjald - Secondary sources

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Yngvi and Alf were two legendary Swedish kings of the House of Yngling. According to Ynglingatal, Historia Norwegiae and Ynglinga saga, Yngvi and Alf were the sons of Alrik. Snorri Sturluson relates that Yngvi was an accomplished king: a great warrior who always won his battles, the master of all exercises, generous, happy and sociable. He was both loved and famous. Alf was unsociable and harsh and stayed at home instead of pillaging in other countries. His mother was Dageid, the daughter of king Dag the Great from whom is descended the Dagling family. Alf was married to Be ...

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• Yngvi and Alf - Hervarar Saga and the Saga of Orvar-Odd
• Yngvi and Alf - Ari Frodi's Younger Íslendingabók
• Yngvi and Alf - Gesta Danorum
• Yngvi and Alf - Primary sources
• Yngvi and Alf - Secondary sources

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Östen or Eystein (d. ca 600) was the son of Adils (Eadgils) and Yrsa of Saxony. He was the father of Ingvar. Snorri Sturluson relates that Östen ruled Sweden at the time when Hrólf Kraki died in Lejre. It was a troubled time when many seakings ravaged the Swedish shores. One of those kings was named Sölve and he was from Jutland (but according to Historia Norwegiae he was Geatish). At this time Sölve was pillaging in the Baltic Sea and so he arrived in Lofond (probably the island of Lovön or the Lagunda Hundred), w ...

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• Östen - Primary sources
• Östen - Secondary sources

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The bragarfull 'promise-cup' or bragafull 'best cup' or 'chieftain's cup' was in Norse culture a particular drinking from a cup or drinking horn on ceremonial occasions, often involving the swearing of oaths when the cup or horn was drunk by a chieftain or passed around and drunk by those assembled. The names are sometimes anglicized as bragarful and bragaful respectively. That the name appears in two forms with two meanings makes it difficult to determine the literal meaning. Th ...

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The Ynglinga saga was originally written in Old Norse by the Icelandic poet Snorri Sturluson about 1225. He based it on an earlier Ynglingatal which is attributed to the Norwegian 9th century skald Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, and which also appears in Historia Norwegiae. The Ynglinga saga is the first part of Snorri's history of the ancient Norse kings, the Heimskringla. It tells the most ancient part of the story of the House of Ynglings (the Scylfings of Beowulf). It was ...

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The Wulfings or Wylfings (the name means the "wolf clan") was a prominent family/clan in Beowulf and Widsith. According to one theory (Newton 1993), the East Anglian Wuffing dynasty was derived from the Wulfings, and it was at their court that Beowulf was first composed. The Old Norse form of this name is Ylfing 1, and a powerful Scandinavian clan by that name figures prominently in the Heimskringla and in Sögubrot, where ...

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• Wulfing - Norse sagas
• Wulfing - Beowulf
• Wulfing - Known Wulfings
• Wulfing - Footnotes
• Wulfing - Primary sources
• Wulfing - Secondary sources

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Närke, is a province in Central Sweden, which historically formed part of Svealand. The name of the province is partly derived from an old name for the people of the province, the Njarar (Njars) or Nerikjar (today Närkingar). The root nari, neri is cognate to English narrow and refers to the narrow inlets that caracterized the geography, a tribe that is also mentioned in the lay of Völund (Weyland the Smith): "When the Lord of the Njars, Nidud, heard That Völund sat i ...

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Algaut (or Algöt) was a Geatish king who ruled West Götaland according to the Heimskringla. Snorri Sturluson relates that he was burnt to death by his son-in-law, the Swedish king Ingjald ill-ruler. Other related archivesGeatish king, Heimskringla, Ingjald, Snorri Sturluson, West Götaland

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The Ynglings (Heimskringla), Scylfings (Beowulf and Ynglingatal) or Sons of Frey (Gesta Danorum and Ynglingatal) were the oldest known Scandinavian dynasty. They are known from early Scandinavian sources, especially Heimskringla, and from Beowulf. They make up a large part of the Mythological kings of Sweden as well as the Semi-legendary kings of Sweden. The first kings in the line are probably mythical, whereas others have probably existed in real life. Especially, ...

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• Yngling - Names
• Yngling - From Sweden to Norway
• Yngling - Remaining in Sweden?
• Yngling - Family Tree
• Yngling - The line
• Yngling - Kings of Sweden
• Yngling - Intermediary
• Yngling - Kings of Norway
• Yngling - The name Scylfing
• Yngling - Beowulf
• Yngling - In Norse tradition
• Yngling - Variant spellings

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Brøt-Anundr (Old East Norse) or Braut-Önundr (Old West Norse), meaning trail-blazer Anund or Anund the land-clearer, d. ca 640, was a legendary Swedish king of the House of Yngling. Anund succeeded his father Ingvar on the Swedish throne, and after his father's wars against Danish vikings and Estonian pirates, peace reigned over Sweden and there were good harvests. Anund was a popular king who became very rich, not only because of the peace and the good harvests but also because he avenged his father in Estonia. That country was ravaged far and wide and in ...

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• Anund - Primary sources
• Anund - Secondary sources

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Fornjót (Old Norse Fornjótr) is an ancient giant in Norse mythology, the father of Kári (a personification of wind), of Logi (a personification of fire), and of Hlér or Ægir (the ruler of the sea) and a king of Finland. The meaning of the name is not clear, It might possibly be from forn 'old' + jótr 'Jutlander' or possibly 'giant' (Finnish 'jätti' - giant) or might be from for 'early' + njótr 'destroyer'. Fornjót is also, following a particular legendary genealogical tradition, the f ...

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• Fornjót - Fornjót in the texts
• Fornjót - Ægir
• Fornjót - Logi
• Fornjót - In the Gylfaginning
• Fornjót - In the Saga of Thorstein Víking's son
• Fornjót - Kári
• Fornjót - More traditions about persons named Frosti and Logi
• Fornjót - Fornjót as an ancestor of the House of Yngling
• Fornjót - Alternative spellings

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In the first poem (Helgakviða Hundingsbana I), Sinfjotli has his residence on the Bravellir (in East Götaland, see Battle of Bråvalla). Stanza 42: Sinfiotli qvaþ: «Þv vart brvþr Grana a Bravelli, gvllbitlvþ vart gor til rasar; hafda ec þer moþri mart sceiþ riþit, svangri vnd sa/þli, simvl! forbergis.»[1] Sinfjotli quoth: "You were the bride ...

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Wulfing, Wulfing - Norse sagas, Wulfing - Beowulf, Wulfing - Known Wulfings, Wulfing - Footnotes, Wulfing - Primary sources, Wulfing - Secondary sources

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For lists of the prehistoric kings of Sweden see Mythological kings of Sweden Semi-legendary kings of Sweden List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Munsö or Uppsala. c. 970- c. 995 : Eric the Victorius (Erik Segersäll) c. 995- c. 1022 : Olof the Treasurer (Olof Skötkonung) c. 1022-1050 : Anund Jacob (Anund Jakob) - and in South Canut ...

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List of Swedish monarchs, List of Swedish monarchs - Monarchs Regents and Viceroys of Sweden, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Munsö or Uppsala, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Stenkil, List of Swedish monarchs - The Houses of Sverker and Erik, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Bjällbo, List of Swedish monarchs - Regents of the Kalmar Union and Viceroys Riksföreståndare, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Vasa, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Wittelsbach Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Kleeburg, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Hesse, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Holstein-Gottorp, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Bernadotte

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In the Ynglinga saga the names Logi and Frosti are otherwise connected when it relates that King Agni of Sweden in a raid on Finland killed Frosti, the leader of the Finns who opposed him and captured Skjálf, Frosti's daughter, and her brother Logi. (But the verse of the Ynglingtal quoted here as confirmation says only that Skjálf is Logi's kin.) For Skjálf's marriage to Agni and her vengeance on him see Agni. Agni himself, as discussed under Snær, is here a descendant of Snær through Snær's daughter Drífa who married King Vanlandi of Sweden. < ...

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Fornjót, Fornjót - Fornjót in the texts, Fornjót - Ægir, Fornjót - Logi, Fornjót - In the Gylfaginning, Fornjót - In the Saga of Thorstein Víking's son, Fornjót - Kári, Fornjót - More traditions about persons named Frosti and Logi, Fornjót - Fornjót as an ancestor of the House of Yngling, Fornjót - Alternative spellings

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For lists of the prehistoric kings of Sweden see Mythological kings of Sweden Semi-legendary kings of Sweden List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Munsö or Uppsala. c. 970- c. 995 : Eric the Victorius (Erik Segersäll) c. 995- c. 1022 : Olof the Treasurer (Olof Skötkonung) c. 1022-1050 : Anund Jacob (Anund Jakob) - and in South Canut ...

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List of Swedish monarchs, List of Swedish monarchs - Monarchs Regents and Viceroys of Sweden, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Munsö or Uppsala, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Stenkil, List of Swedish monarchs - The Houses of Sverker and Erik, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Bjällbo, List of Swedish monarchs - Regents of the Kalmar Union and Viceroys Riksföreståndare, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Vasa, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Hesse, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Holstein-Gottorp, List of Swedish monarchs - The House of Bernadotte

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As it stands, the saga seems incomplete, for a promise is made that the tale will return to King Gautrek of Götaland and his sons, to "the same story as told in Sweden", and that promise is not kept. Indeed, other than the reference to Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar, no sons are mentioned. But Gautrek it seems was mentioned in many tales, according to a passage near the end, for generosity and bravery but not for deep thinking. It is probable there were many more amusing ancecdotes to ...

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Gautreks saga, Gautreks saga - About the saga, Gautreks saga - Legendary chronology

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His mother was Gauthild, a princess of West götaland, whose maternal grandfather was Olof the Sharp-sighted, the king of Nerike. His mother sent him to his foster-father Bove in West Götaland, where he grew up with his foster-brother Saxe who was surnamed Flette. When Olof heard of his father's death, he assembled the men who were willing to follow him and went to his kinsmen in Nerike, because after his father's atrocities, th ...

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Olof Trätälja, Olof Trätälja - Heimskringla, Olof Trätälja - Ynglingatal and Historia Norwegiae, Olof Trätälja - Archaeology

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Snorri Sturluson relates that the Temple was built by the god Frey, who settled at Uppsala: Odin took up his residence at the Maelare lake (Mälaren), at the place now called Old Sigtun. There he erected a large temple, where there were sacrifices according to the customs of the Asaland people. He appropriated to himself the whole of that district, and called it Sigtun (by some suggested to be the same as Tacitus's Sitones). To the temple priests he gave also domains. Njord dwelt in Noatun, Frey in Upsal, Heimdal in th ...

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Temple at Uppsala, Temple at Uppsala - Heimskringla, Temple at Uppsala - Gesta Danorum, Temple at Uppsala - Adam of Bremen, Temple at Uppsala - Destruction

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This is a family tree which is not only based on Historia Norwegiae and Ynglinga saga. It also includes some members who are mentioned in other Old Norse sources (and in Beowulf). The names of Swedish kings are shown in bold. Njord (Nerthus(1)) Fornjot | | | ---------- ---------------------- | | | | ---------- Gymir(2) Logi Kari | | | ...

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Yngling, Yngling - Names, Yngling - From Sweden to Norway, Yngling - Remaining in Sweden?, Yngling - Family Tree, Yngling - The line, Yngling - Kings of Sweden, Yngling - Intermediary, Yngling - Kings of Norway, Yngling - The name Scylfing, Yngling - Beowulf, Yngling - In Norse tradition, Yngling - Variant spellings

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Närke was renowned for its warlike peasants and when coat-of-arms for the province was granted for the funeral of King Gustav Vasa in 1560 two crossbow darts was the central symbol - the crossbow being the favourite weapon of the peasants. In Närke there are also a number of ancient castles. The most important and best preserved one is located in Tarsta at Sköllersta. ...

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History of Närke, History of Närke - Prehistory, History of Närke - History

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