Munthe, Gerhard
(no.)
b. 1849
d. 1929
Nationality: Norwegian
Occupation: illustrator
Residence: Oslo
Munthe was one of the main illustrator's for Gustav Storm's editions
of Kongesagaer in 1899 and 1900.
Vísburr (non.)
Visbur (en.)
A king in Ynglinga Saga, the first saga in
Heimskringla, who was burned
to death in his hall by his sons because he had rejected their mother
and refused to return her dowery.
Snorri
Sturluson
(is.)
b. 1179
d. 1241
Nationality: Icelandic
Snorri was an Icelandic statesman, scholar, and author who is credited
with writing Heimskringla, The
Prose Edda, and possibly Egil's
Saga.
Laing, Samuel
(en.)
b. 1780
d. 1868
Occupation: writer and translator
Laing translated Heimskringla into English in
1844.
Kongesagaer (1899 ed.)
The first edition of Gustaf Storm's Norwegian translation of Heimskringla.
Heimskringla
History of the Kings of Norway
This account of the history of the kings of Norway and is generally
believed to have been written by Snorri Sturluson in Iceland in 1230. It
begins with the legendary Swedish dynasty of the Ynglings, who were the
subject matter of the skaldic poem Ynglingtal, and ends with the reign
of the Norwegian king, Magnus Erlingson (died 1184).
Ynglingatal
A skaldic poem that was composed in the ninth century by the
Norwegian skald Þjóðólfr af Hvini and is best known from Snorri
Sturluson's use of it in Ynglinga Saga, the
first saga in Heimskringla.
Ynglinga saga
Ynglingesoga
Saga of the Ynglings
The first saga in Heimskringla,
which is based the nineth-century skaldic poem, Ynglingatal, concerning
the legendary Swedish dynasty of the Ynglings.