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Scandinavian Literature
The King's Sagas
he kings' sagas are Norse sagas which tell of the lives of Scandinavian kings. They were composed in the 12th to 14th centuries in Iceland and Norway.
* A Latin work by Saemundr fr[oa][ou]i, ca. 1120, lost.
* The older version of [Islendingabok] by Ari fr[oa][ou]i, ca. 1125, lost.
* [Hryggjarstykki] by Eirikr Oddsson, ca. 1150, lost.
* [Historia Norvegi[ae]], ca. 1170.
* [Historia de Antiquitate Regum Norwagiensium] by Theodoricus monachus, ca. 1180.
* Skjoldunga saga, ca. 1180, badly preserved.
* Oldest Saga of St. Olaf, ca. 1190, mostly lost.
* Agrip af Noregskonungasogum, ca. 1190.
* A Latin Olafs saga Tryggvasonar by Oddr Snorrason, ca. 1190, survives in translation.
* A Latin Olafs saga Tryggvasonar by Gunnlaugr Leifsson, ca. 1195, lost.
* Sverris saga, by Karl Jonsson, ca. 1205.
* [Legendary Saga of St. Olaf], ca. 1210.
* Morkinskinna, ca. 1220 but before Fagrskinna.
* Fagrskinna, ca. 1220.
* Olafs saga helga by Styrmir Karason, ca. 1220, mostly lost.
* Boglunga sogur, ca. 1225.
* Separate Saga of St. Olaf, by Snorri Sturluson, ca. 1225.
* Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson, ca. 1230.
* Knytlinga saga, probably by Olafr thorTHarson, ca. 1260.
* Hakonar saga Hakonarsonar, by Sturla thorTHarson, ca. 1265.
* Magnuss saga lagab?tis, by Sturla thorTHarson, ca. 1280, only fragments survive.
* Hulda-Hrokkinskinna, ca. 1280.
* Olafs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta, ca 1300.
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