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unusual facts about Norse sagas



Magnus Magnusson

Among these are several works by Halldór Laxness, the Nobel prize-winning novelist from Iceland, and a number of Norse sagas which he co-translated (with Hermann Pálsson) for the Penguin Classics series: Njal's Saga (1960), The Vinland Sagas (1965), King Harald's Saga (1966) and Laxdaela Saga (1969).


see also

Åsta Gudbrandsdatter

Koht, Halvdan The Old Norse Sagas (Periodicals Service Co. 1931)

Augvald

Norse sagas telling parts of the story of Augvald include the Saga of Olaf Tryggvason (by both Snorri Sturluson and Oddr Snorrason), the Saga of Half & His Heroes and the Flateyjarbok.

Margaret of Sweden, Queen of Norway

Koht, Halvdan Norske dronningar (in "The Old Norse Sagas", 1931)