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Skáldatal (
SnE 1848-87,
III, 255, 264, 278) tells us that Blakkr (called ‘Blakkr skáld’ in
Sv,
ÍF 30, 176) was one of King Sverrir Sigurðarson’s poets, but none of his poems about Sverrir has survived. He stayed with Sverrir 1187-91. According to Finnur Jónsson (
SnE 1848-87,
III, 649;
Skj) Blakkr was an Icelander, but there is no evidence to support that assumption.