Sweden that are mentioned Heimskringla are generally also in Skáldatal. The archetype of Skáldatal by Snorri Sturluson can be restored with some confidence...

Moreover, Björn and his court skald Bragi the Old are mentioned also in Skáldatal, where a second court skald also is mentioned, Erpr lútandi. The Icelandic...

Heimskringla (Hákonar saga góða), Hversu Noregr byggðist and probably also in Skáldatal. The Chronicon Lethrense and Annals of Lund tell that on the death of...

Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor. The Old Norse catalogue of skalds known as Skáldatal lists eight skalds who were active at Cnut's court. Four of them, namely...

Haakonsdatter Source: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy According to Skáldatal, Haakon had the following poets at his court: Eyvindr Finnsson Einarr...

known from the period between 800 and 1200 AD. Many are listed in the Skáldatal, a list of court skalds by the ruler they served that runs from the legendary...

king of Sweden. He wished to avenge his brother but died in the battle. Skáldatal says that Eysteinn Beli was the patron of many skalds, including Bragi...

1240), his father's name was Cornube, but according to the Icelandic Skáldatal, his father's name was Kol. A later pedigree has the filiation Kettil...

Regent, holding the true power in Sweden until his own death in 1266. Skáldatal reports that Óláfr Þórðarson was one of Eric's court skalds. Referring...

document of 1200 is the oldest known ecclesiastical privilege in Sweden. Skáldatal names two of Sverker's court skalds: Sumarliði skáld and Þorgeirr Danaskáld...

eastern Estonia whose inhabitants were defeated and forced to pay tribute. Skáldatal names two of King Knut's skalds: Hallbjörn hali and Þorsteinn Þorbjarnarson...

Erik Eriksson (1216–1250), King of Sweden in c. 1222–1229 and 1234–1250. Skáldatal mentions that Grani Hallbjarnarson was one of Erik's court skalds.[citation...

skald named Markús Skeggjason was one of his court poets, according to Skáldatal. Markús was later the lawspeaker of Iceland from 1084. It has been suggested...

Codicibus Manuscripts (1852), Vol. 3: Praefationem, Commmentarios in Carmina, Skaldatal cum Commentario, Indicem Generalem (1880–1887) Die prosaische Edda im...

Egill Skallagrimsson. He is briefly mentioned in Egils Saga. According to Skáldatal B (Codex Upsaliensis) Ulf was a skald and composed, in one single night...

the service of the Swedish king Eric the Victorious. He is listed in Skáldatal as in Eric's service. Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa recounts that he took...

Turnhout, p. 231. Translation adapted slightly to make the conventions of the edition clearer to the general reader. Skáldatal An index of Eyvindr's poetry...

preserves a significant amount of poetry attributed to him. According to Skáldatal, he was also the court poet of Sigurðr Hlaðajarl and fragments of a drápa...

the Age of the Sturlungs. She was also a skald and listed as such in Skáldatal. Most of what is known about Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir is told in Íslendinga...

illskælda (Old Norse "the bad skald") was a 9th-century Norwegian skald. Skáldatal lists him as one of Harald Finehair's skalds. Egils saga Skallagrímssonar...

dróttkvætt which may have been invented at King Canute's court. According to Skáldatal, Þórarinn was also a court poet to Sveinn Knútsson, son of Knút, and his...

by Þórðr on different subjects are also preserved in Skáldskaparmál. Skáldatal reckons Þórðr among the court poets of both Óláfr Haraldsson and Eiríkr...

[ˈθouːrarɪn ˈscɛcːaˌsɔːn]) was an 11th-century Icelandic skald. According to Skáldatal, he was a court poet of the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada. He composed...

of Völlr, a chieftain who plays a role in Njáls saga. He is listed in Skáldatal among the court poets of Harald Hardrada. The Norse sources attribute...

according to Skáldatal the court skald of the Swedish kings Eysteinn Beli and Björn at Haugi. There are no extant poems by Erpr. Skáldatal tells that Erpr...

their descendants was the early 11th-century skald Gunnlaugr ormstunga. Skáldatal lists him as a court poet to three kings, Ragnarr Loðbrók, Eysteinn Beli...

The war was not a success, however. According to Snorri Sturluson's Skáldatal, Johan was one of the patrons of the Icelandic skald Halldórr skvaldri...

islandicorum et norvegicorum ætatis mediæ editorum versorum illustratorum : Skáldatal sive Poetarum recensus Eddæ upsaliensis, Lipsiæ : Apud W. Engelmannum...

saga and Sturlubók, a transcript of Landnáma. He is moreover listed in Skáldatal as the court skald of the Swedish ruler Birger Jarl. Erik Opsahl. "Sturla...

establishing the "fifth court", a national court of appeals. According to the Skáldatal, Skapti was a court poet of Hákon Sigurðarson but no details on that career...