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3 unusual facts about Jarl


Battle of Tempsford

The burh was stormed and a Danish king, probably that of East Anglia, was killed, along with the Jarls Toglos and Manna and many of their followers, while the rest were captured.

Jarl-Thure Eriksson

In the 1970s, he worked as researcher at TKK’s Low Temperature Laboratory, led by Academy professor Olli Lounasmaa.

Sverker II of Sweden

In 1202 Earl Birger died and the late jarl's grandson, Sverker's one-year old son John received the title of Jarl from his father.


2005 2. deild karla

:Atli Knútsson (GK, Stjarnan), Gunnar Jarl Jónsson (DF, Leiknir R.), Simon Karkov (MF, Leiknir R.), Arilíus Marteinsson (MF, Selfoss), Jakob Spangsberg (FW, Leiknir R.)

Acta sanctorum in Selio

They settle the previously uninhabited islands of Selja and Kinn in Norway during the rule of the pagan Jarl Hákon Sigurðarson.

Adam Oehlenschläger

Here he wrote the first of his great historical tragedies, Hakon Jarl, which he sent off to Copenhagen, and then proceeded for the winter months to Berlin, where he associated with Humboldt, Fichte, and the leading men of the day, and met Goethe for the first time.

Against the Giants

Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl pits the player characters against the evil Jarl of the frost giants.

In the lower area there are caverns that house the servants, serve as a prison, and contain the Jarl Grugnur and emissaries who have come to meet with him.

Birger of Sweden

Birger Jarl also called Birger Magnusson (c. 1200-1266), Jarl of Sweden and statesman

Brigida Haraldsdotter

After his death in 1161, she remarried the Swedish jarl Birger Brosa of Bjelbo.

Haakon Sigurdsson

Jarlshola is the location in Melhus thought to have been the hiding place of Haakon Jarl and Tormod Kark on their last night before the infamous murder at Rimul.

Haakon Jarl is a central figure in Håkon og Kark which is performed annually at the Korsvikaspillet festival in Korsvika in Trondheim.

Haakonsson

Knut Haakonsson (1208–1261), claimant to the Norwegian throne, and later jarl

Hákonardrápa

The stanza (preserved in Snorri Sturluson's Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar) especially praises the jarl for having sent nine princes to Odin (i.e. killed).

Hilding Ekelund

Among Ekelund's more notable buildings are the Taidehalli Art Gallery (together with Jarl Eklund) in Helsinki, Töölö Church in Helsinki, the Finnish Embassy in Moscow, and a number of buildings for the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, including the Olympic Rowing Stadium, the Olympic Velodrome, and the Olympic Games village.

Holmger Knutsson

At his father's death in 1234, Holmger seems to have been on his way to be the new king, but he was side-tracked by Jarl Ulf Fase and earlier King Eric XI who had been exiled in Denmark since 1229.

Jarlshola

It is thought to be the hiding place of Håkon Sigurdsson (also known as Hákon Sigurðsson, Hákon Earl) and Tormod Kark (or Þormóðr Karkr, the slave of the Jarl) on their last night before the infamous murder at Rimul.

Lea Riders Group

It would once again collaborate with Jarl and Lindqvist when Lea Riders Group got to record some of the soundtrack to the film Dom Kallar Oss Mods.

Might and Magic IX

The spirit of one of the six slain Jarls, Sven Forkbeard, reveals that Darre is a double-agent working for Leng, and the party is sent to the Otherworld of Axeoth to recover the dead warriors from Skraelos, the god of death.

Name of Jersey

Scholars surmise it derives from jarð (Old Norse for "earth") or jarl (earl), or perhaps a personal name, Geirr ("Geirr's Island").

Ragnvald Ulfsson

According to Snorri, Ragnvald was the son of jarl Ulf Tostesson and Ingeborg and the foster-son of Þorgnýr the Lawspeaker.

Rognvald

Ragnvald Ulfsson the Old, jarl of Vastergotland and possibly father of King Stenkil of Sweden

Swedish jarls

In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the term Jarl is used for local lords, keeping in tune with Norse Mythology motifs.

Ulfsson

Ragnvald Ulfsson (beginning 11th century) was a jarl of Västergötland or Östergötland

Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Irpa

In Þorleifs þáttr jarlsskálds, Þorleifr Ásgeirsson, known as jarlsskáld ("the Jarl’s skald"), recites an abusive and magically aggressive poem in Earl Haakon's hall.


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