Sigvatr Þórðarson

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Sigvatr Þórðarson (Thordarson) or Sigvat the Skald[1] was a court poet to the kings Olaf II of Norway, Canute the Great, Magnus the Good and Anund Jacob, by whose reigns his floreat can be dated to the earlier eleventh century.

[edit] Major poems

  • Víkingarvísur On the early deeds of king Olaf
  • Nesjavísur On the battle of Nesjar
  • Austrfararvísur On a journey to Sweden
  • Vestrfararvísur On a journey to Britain
  • Flokkr um Erling Skjalgsson On Erlingr Skjalgsson
  • Knútsdrápa In memory of king Canute
  • Bersöglisvísur A reprimand to king Magnus
  • Erfidrápa Óláfs helga In memory of king Olaf

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sturlason, Snorre (2004). Heimskringla Or the Lives of the Norse Kings. Kessinger Publishing, 225. ISBN 0766186938.