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Snorri Sturluson was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician. He is credited with writing the Prose Edda (aka Younger Edda), the Skáldskaparmál, the Háttatal, and the Heimskringla. He is also believed to have written Egil's Saga.

He is reported to be the son of Sturla Þórðarson the elder of Hvammur and his second wife, Guðný Böðvarsdóttir. Sources indicate that he was likely to have been born around 1179 in Hvammur. It is said that he married Herdís, the daughter of Bersi Vermundarson around 1199. The two remained together for four years, and had at least two children. But Snorri had a reputation for philandering, and when he moved to his estate at Reykholt, Herdis did not go with him.

He is reputed to have had five more children with Guðrún Hreinsdóttir, Oddný, and Þuríður Hallsdóttir.

Snorri was murdered at home at Reykholt in 1241.^[1][2][3]

Research notes

• "Born in Iceland 1178. Law-speaker of the General Assembly 1215-1218 1222-1231. In Norway 1218-1220 1237-1239 Accused of treason by the Norwegian king (Haakon IV?) and murdered by a political enemy in 1241".^[4]
• Snorri Sturluson.
  Birth:1179
  Death:23 Sep 1241 at Reykholt.
  "Chieftain (Goðorðsmaður), poet (skáld), historian (sagnaritari) and a Lawspeaker (lögsögumaður) at Reykholt. The second husband of Hallveig" (Íslendingabók).^[5]

Sources

1. ↑Wikipedia: Snorri Sturluson
2. ↑ Heimskringla Part one The Olaf Sagas Everyman's Library Dutton: New York 1964 ISBN 0 460 00717 3. Notes at beginning
3. ↑ Jon Jonas Donaldson: His notes on the family tree (says he died in 1242)
4. ↑ Heimskringla Part one The Olaf Sagas Everyman's Library Dutton: New York 1964 ISBN 0 460 00717 3. Notes at beginning
5. ↑ 'Snorri Sturluson' (1179 - 1241). Retrieved from the Icelandic genealogical databaseÍslendingabók 19 Jan 2021

• Páll Eggert Ólason, et al. (1951).Íslenzkar æviskrár frá landnámstímum til ársloka 1940, Vol. 4 (1951). p.306. HIÐ ÍSLENZKA BÓKMENTAFJELAG, Reykjavík, Iceland. Retrived from (https://baekur.is/bok/000306940/4/310/Islenzkar_aeviskrar_fra_Bindi_4_Bls_310) onBækur.is 19 Jan 2021.
• Hið íslenzka bókmenntafélag (1922-1998).'Diplomatarium Islandicum. Íslenzkt Fornbréfasafn...' Volume 1 (834-1264).. Hið íslenzka bókmenntafélag: Reykjavík, Iceland. Retrieved from (https://baekur.is/bok/000197700/1/4/Diplomatarium_Islandicum___Bindi_1_Bls_4) onBækur.is 19 Jan 2021
• Werlauff, Erich Christian (1847).ÍSLENZKIR ANNÁLAR SIVE ANNALES ISLANDICI, AB ANNO CHRISTI 803 AD ANNUM 1430, pages 72-73. Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana: Copenhagen, Denmark. Retrieved from (https://baekur.is/bok/000197461/0/136/Islenzkir_annalar__sive_Bls_136) onBækur.is 29 Jan 2021
• Werlauff, Erich Christian (1847).ÍSLENZKIR ANNÁLAR SIVE ANNALES ISLANDICI, AB ANNO CHRISTI 803 AD ANNUM 1430, page 115. Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana: Copenhagen, Denmark. Retrieved from (https://baekur.is/bok/000197461/0/179/Islenzkir_annalar__sive_Bls_179) onBækur.is 29 Jan 2021
• Academia : A discussion of the Prose Edda written about 1220 by Snorri Sturluson; intended to preserve an older literary tradition.Northern Myths, Modern Identities, ed. Simon Halink (Leiden: Brill), 2019 : ch: 4 - Norse Myths, Nordic Identities: The Divergent Case of Icelandic Romanticism by Gylfi Gunnlaugsson
• The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica (January 01, 2021).Snorri Sturluson. Encyclopædia Britannica, URL: (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Snorri-Sturluson). Accressed 19 Jan 2021

Other Sources and Information

• Books by Snorri Sturluson onProject Gutenberg. Accessed 20 Jan 2021.
• Books by Snorri Sturluson onINTERNET ARCHIVE. Accessed 20 Jan 2021
• Books by Snorri Sturluson onBækur.is Accessed 20 Jan 2021

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