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Hákonarflokkr — Sturl HákflII

Sturla Þórðarson

Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘ Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarflokkr’ 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. 745-55. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1396> (accessed 20 April 2024)

 

In its extant form, Sturla’s Hákonarflokkr ‘Flokkr about Hákon’ (Sturl Hákfl) consists of eleven sts which are interspersed with the prose in Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar (Hák). The poem mentions Hákon’s burial in 1264 (st. 11) and must have been composed after his death (r. 1217-63; see ‘Royal Biographies’ in Introduction to this vol.). It is preserved in Flat (all sts), F (sts 1-4, 5/1-4, 6-11), 81a (sts 1-9), E (sts 1-2, 4, 5/1-4, 6-9), 42ˣ (sts 1-4, 5/1-4, 5/7-8, 6-7), 8 (sts 1-2, 7-10), 304ˣ (sts 3, 6), 55 A (st. 7), G (st. 9) and 325X (st. 7). E is the main ms. for sts 1-2, 3-4, 6-9, F the main ms. for sts 3, 10-11 and 81a is the main ms. for st. 5 because it contains the complete st. The title of the poem is found in Flat (Flat 1860-8, III, 78). Hákfl spans the period 1221-64 and documents the following events: the attack on the Ribbungar in Værne (1221; st. 1); the battle in Oslo against the Ribbungar (1221; st. 2); the Ribbungar’s attack on Óláfr mókr ‘the Sleepy’ (1224; st. 3); Hákon’s campaign in Värmland and the battle between the Ribbungar and the Birkibeinar in Oslo (1225; sts 4-5); Knútr Hákonarson being elected leader of the Ribbungar (1226; st. 6); the destruction of the stronghold in Lödöse (1227; st. 7); Hákon’s negotiations with the Swed. jarl Birgir Magnússon and the Dan. king Kristófór Valdimarsson (1253, 1257; sts 8-9); Hákon’s expedition to the west (1263; st. 10) and his burial in Bergen (1264; st. 11). For the Ribbungar, see Note to Sturl Hákkv 6/8; for the Birkibeinar, see Note to Nefari Lv l. 1.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Flat 1860-8 = Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and C. R. Unger, eds. 1860-8. Flateyjarbók. En samling af norske konge-sagaer med indskudte mindre fortællinger om begivenheder i og udenfor Norge samt annaler. 3 vols. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
  3. Internal references
  4. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar’ 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=33> (accessed 20 April 2024)
  5. Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘ Nefari, Lausavísa’ 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. 645-6. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1308> (accessed 20 April 2024)
  6. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 6’ 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. 703-4.
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