{{Short description|Old Norse sagas}}[[Image:Norges kongesagaer-Tittelblad 1914-utgave-G. Munthe.jpg|thumb|''Norges Kongesagaer'' Edited by [[Gustav Storm]] and [[Alexander Bugge]] Illustrated by [[Gerhard Munthe]] (1914)]] '''Kings' sagas''' ({{langx|is|konungasögur}}, {{langx|nn|kongesoger, -sogor}}, {{langx|nb|kongesagaer}}) are [[saga|Old Norse sagas]] which principally tell of the lives of semi-legendary and legendary (mythological, fictional) Nordic [[monarch|king]]s, also known as [[saga king]]s. They were composed during the twelfth through the fourteenth centuries, primarily in [[Iceland]], but with some written in [[Norway]].<ref>[http://www.aftenposten.no/fakta/innsikt/Unik-kongesaga-pa-norsk-etter-over-600-ar-7784636.html Unik kongesaga på norsk etter over 600 år (Aftenposten)]</ref><ref>[http://www.nb.no/Hva-skjer/Aktuelt/Nyheter/Norges-kongesagaer-overrakt-statsminster-Erna-Solberg Norwegian sagas received by Prime Minister Erna Solberg (Nasjonalbiblioteket)]</ref><ref>[http://www.heimskringla.no/wiki/Kongesagaer_p%C3%A5_norsk Kongesagaer på norsk (Heimskringla.no)]</ref>

Kings' sagas frequently contain episodic stories known in scholarship as ''[[Þáttr|þættir]]'', such as the ''[[Íslendingaþættir]]'' (about Icelanders), ''[[Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa]]'', ''[[Hróa þáttr heimska]]'', and ''[[Eymundar þáttr hrings]]'' (about people from elsewhere).

==List of Kings' sagas== Including works in Latin, and in approximate order of composition (though many dates could be off by decades)

*A Latin work by [[Sæmundr fróði]], {{circa|1120}}, lost. *The older version of ''[[Íslendingabók]]'' by [[Ari fróði]], {{circa|1125}}, lost. *''[[Hryggjarstykki]]'' by Eiríkr Oddsson, {{circa|1150}}, lost. *''[[Historia Norvegiæ]]'', {{circa|1170}}. *''Historia de Antiquitate Regum Norwagiensium '' by [[Theodoric the Monk|Theodoricus monachus]], {{circa|1180}}. *''[[Skjöldunga saga]]'', {{circa|1180}}, badly preserved. *''[[Oldest Saga of St. Olaf]]'', {{circa|1190}}, mostly lost. *''[[Ágrip af Nóregskonungasögum]]'', {{circa|1190}}. *A Latin ''Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar'' by [[Oddr Snorrason]], {{circa|1190}}, survives in translation. *A Latin ''Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar'' by [[Gunnlaugr Leifsson]], {{circa|1195}}, lost. *''[[Sverris saga]]'', by [[Karl Jónsson]], {{circa|1205}}. *''[[Legendary Saga of St. Olaf]]'', {{circa|1210}}. *''[[Morkinskinna]]'', {{circa|1220}} but before ''Fagrskinna''. *''[[Fagrskinna]]'', {{circa|1220}}. *''Óláfs saga helga'' by [[Styrmir Kárason]], {{circa|1220}}, mostly lost. *''[[Böglunga sögur]]'', {{circa|1225}}. *''[[Separate Saga of St. Olaf]]'', by [[Snorri Sturluson]], {{circa|1225}}. *''[[Heimskringla]]'' by [[Snorri Sturluson]], {{circa|1230}}. *''[[Knýtlinga saga]]'', probably by [[Ólafr Þórðarson]], {{circa|1260}}. *''[[Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar]]'', by [[Sturla Þórðarson]], {{circa|1265}}. *''[[Magnúss saga lagabœtis]]'', by [[Sturla Þórðarson]], {{circa|1280}}, only fragments survive. *''[[Hulda-Hrokkinskinna]]'', {{circa|1280}}. *''[[Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta]]'', {{circa|1300}}.

==Sometimes counted among the Kings' sagas== *''[[Jómsvíkinga saga]]'' *''[[Orkneyinga saga]]'' *''[[Færeyinga saga]]'' *''[[Brjáns saga]]''

==Editions and translations== '''In Norwegian''' *[[Gustav Storm|Storm, Gustav]]; [[Alexander Bugge|Bugge, Alexander]] (ed. & tr.) ''Norges Kongesagaer'' (Christiania: I. M. Stenersen's Publishing, 1914)[http://www.heimskringla.no/wiki/Norges_Kongesagaer] *[[Peter Andreas Munch|Munch, Peter Andreas]]; [[Sturla Þórðarson|Þórðarson, Sturla]] ''Norges Konge-Sagaer Fra De Aeldste Tider Indtil Anden Halvdeel Af De 13 De Århundrede Efter Christi'' Fødsel (Nabu Press. 2010 ) {{ISBN|978-1142083908}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==Other sources== * Ciklamini, Marlene ''Snorri Sturluson'' (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1978) {{ISBN|0805763341}} * Hermannsson, Halldó ''Bibliography of the sagas of the kings of Norway and related sagas and tales'' (BiblioBazaar. 2009) {{ISBN|978-1113624611}} * Jakobsson, Ármann; [[Rory McTurk|McTurk, Rory]] (ed.) ''A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture'' (Blackwell Publishing, 2004) {{ISBN|9780631235026}} * Thorsson, Örnólfur (ed.) ''The Sagas of the Icelanders: A Selection'' (Penguin Putnam. 2000) {{ISBN|0-14-100003-1}} * Whaley, Diana ''Heimskringla: An Introduction'' (Viking Society for Northern Research Text, 1991) {{ISBN|978-0903521239}} * Wolf, Kirsten ''The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose'' (University of Toronto Press. 2013) {{ISBN|978-1442646216}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150108020255/http://www.oe.eclipse.co.uk/nom/sagas.htm Old Norse Sagas]

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