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Heimskringla: The Stories of the Kings of Norway, Called The Round World

Heimskringla: The Stories of the Kings of Norway, Called The Round World

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Number of Chapters: 78

Length: 34 hours and 23 minutes

Language: English

Heimskringla (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈheimsˌkʰriŋla]) is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas. It was written in Old Norse in Iceland by the poet and historian Snorri Sturluson (1178/79–1241) ca. 1230. The name Heimskringla was first used in the 17th century, derived from the first two words of one of the manuscripts (kringla heimsins - the circle of the world).

Heimskringla is a collection of sagas about the Norwegian kings, beginning with the saga of the legendary Swedish dynasty of the Ynglings, followed by accounts of historical Norwegian rulers from Harald Fairhair of the 9th century up to the death of the pretender Eystein Meyla in 1177. The exact sources of his work are disputed, but included earlier kings' sagas, such as Morkinskinna, Fagrskinna and the twelfth century Norwegian synoptic histories and oral traditions, notably many skaldic poems. Snorri had himself visited Norway and Sweden. For events of the mid-12th century, Snorri explicitly names the now lost work Hryggjarstykki as his source. The composition of the sagas is Snorri's.

This solo is Volume 3-5 of The Saga Library by the same translators and is all three volumes of the Heimskringla (which are volumes 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Saga Library. Volume 6 is notes, index, appendices etc, and is not planned to be recorded). ( Wikipedia and Ærik Bjørnsson)

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The Preface of Snorri Sturluson (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Story of the Ynglings, Part 1 - Chapter I-X (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Story of the Ynglings, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XXI (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Story of the Ynglings, Part 3 - Chapter XXII-XXIX (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Story of the Ynglings, Part 4 - Chapter XXX-XXXVIII (Jim Locke)
The Story of the Ynglings, Part 5 - Chapter XXXIX-XLIV (Jim Locke)
The Story of the Ynglings, Part 6 - Chapter XLV-LV (Jim Locke)
The Story of Halfdan the Black (Jim Locke)
The Story of Harald Hairfair, Part 1 - Chapter I-X (Jim Locke)
The Story of Harald Hairfair, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XX (Jim Locke)
The Story of Harald Hairfair, Part 3 - Chapter XXI-XXX (Jim Locke)
The Story of Harald Hairfair, Part 4 - Chapter XXXI-XL (Jim Locke)
The Story of Harald Hairfair, Part 5 - Chapter XLI-XLVI (Jim Locke)
The Story of Hakon the Good, Part 1 - Chapter I-XIII (Jim Locke)
The Story of Hakon the Good, Part 2 - Chapter XIV-XXVII (Jim Locke)
The Story of Hakon the Good, Part 3 - Chapter XXVIII-XXXII (Jim Locke)
The Story of King Harald Greycloak and of Earl Hakon son of Sigurd - Chapter I-XVIII (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 1 - Chapter I-X (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XX (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 3 - Chapter XXI-XXX (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 4 - Chapter XXXI-XL (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 5 - Chapter XLI-L (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 6 - Chapter LI-LX (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 7 - Chapter LXI-LXX (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 8 - Chapter LXXI-LXXX (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 9 - Chapter LXXXI-XC (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 10 - Chapter XCI-C (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 11 - Chapter CI-CX (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 12 - Chapter CXI-CXXII (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 1 - Chapter I-XV (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 2 - Chapter XVI-XXX (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 3 - Chapter XXXI-XLV (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 4 - Chapter XLVI-LX (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 5 - Chapter LXI-LXXV (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 6 - Chapter LXXVI-XC (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 7 - Chapter XCI-CV (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 8 - Chapter CVI-CXX (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 9 - Chapter CXXI-CXXXV (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 10 - Chapter CXXXVI-CXLIV (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 10 - Chapter CXLV-CL (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 11 - Chapter CLI-CLXV (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 12 - Chapter CLXVI-CLXXX (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 13 - Chapter CLXXXI-CXCV (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 14 - Chapter CXCVI-CCX (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 15 - Chapter CCXI-CCXXV (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 16 - Chapter CCXXVI-CCXL (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 17 - Chapter CCXLI-CCLII (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 18 - Chapter CCLIII-CCLXV (Jim Locke)
The Story of Magnus the Good, Part 1 - Chapter I-XIII (Jim Locke)
The Story of Magnus the Good, Part 2 - Chapter XIV-XXVI (Jim Locke)
The Story of Magnus the Good, Part 3 - Chapter XXVII-XXXIX (Jim Locke)
The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 1 - Chapter I-XIII (Jim Locke)
The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 2 - Chapter XIV-XXVI (Jim Locke)
The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 3 - Chapter XXVII-XXXIX (Jim Locke)
The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 4 - Chapter XL-LIII (Jim Locke)
The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 5 - Chapter LIV-LXVI (Jim Locke)
The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 6 - Chapter LXVII-LXXIX (Jim Locke)
The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 7 - Chapter LXXX-XCIII (Jim Locke)
The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 8 - Chapter XCIV-CVI (Jim Locke)
The Story of Olaf the Quiet (Jim Locke)
The Story of King Magnus Barefoot, Part 1 - Chapter I-XIV (Jim Locke)
The Story of King Magnus Barefoot, Part 2 - Chapter XV-XXVIII (Jim Locke)
The Story of Sigurd the Jerusalem-farer, Eystein, and Olaf, Part 1 - Chapter I-X (Jim Locke)
The Story of Sigurd the Jerusalem-farer, Eystein, and Olaf, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XXI (Jim Locke)
The Story of Sigurd the Jerusalem-farer, Eystein, and Olaf, Part 3 - Chapter XXII-XXXII (Jim Locke)
The Story of Sigurd the Jerusalem-farer, Eystein, and Olaf, Part 4 - Chapter XXXIII-XLII (Jim Locke)
The Story of Magnus the Blind and Harald Gilli, Part 1 - Chapter I-V (Jim Locke)
The Story of Magnus the Blind and Harald Gilli, Part 2 - Chapter VI-XII (Jim Locke)
The Story of Magnus the Blind and Harald Gilli, Part 3 - Chapter XIII-XVIII (Jim Locke)
The Story of Ingi, Son of Harald, and his Bretheren, Part 1 - Chapter I-X (Jim Locke)
The Story of Ingi, Son of Harald, and his Bretheren, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XXI (Jim Locke)
The Story of Ingi, Son of Harald, and his Bretheren, Part 3 - Chapter XXII-XXXII (Jim Locke)
The Story of Hakon Shoulder-Broad, Part 1 - Chapter I-X (Jim Locke)
The Story of Hakon Shoulder-Broad, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XXI (Jim Locke)
The Story of King Magnus, Son of Erling, Part 1 - Chapter I-X (Jim Locke)
The Story of King Magnus, Son of Erling, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XXI (Jim Locke)
The Story of King Magnus, Son of Erling, Part 3 - Chapter XXII-XXXII (Jim Locke)
The Story of King Magnus, Son of Erling, Part 4 - Chapter XXXIII-XLIV (Jim Locke)
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