[All]: Eysteinn came to Norway in 1142. He and his mother, Bjaðǫk, had been fetched from Scotland by the Norwegians Árni sturla and Þorleifr Brynjólfsson, with Kolbeinn hrúga, the father of Bishop Bjarni Kolbeinsson (BjbpI) of Orkney. Haraldr gilli had previously acknowledged the paternity of Eysteinn, and he was elected king of Norway to rule along with his half-brothers Sigurðr, Ingi and Magnús (see ESk Harsonkv above).
References
- Internal references
- Jonna Louis-Jensen 2012, ‘(Biography of) Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 953.
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Magnúss saga góða ok Haralds harðráða’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=147> (accessed 3 May 2024)
- Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘ Einarr Skúlason, Haraldssonakvæði (?)’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 548-50. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1147> (accessed 3 May 2024)