A lawspeaker or lawman (Swedish: lagman, Old Swedish: laghmaþer or laghman, Danish: lovsigemand, Norwegian: lagmann, Icelandic: lög(sögu)maður [ˈlœɣ(ˌsœːɣʏ)ˌmaːðʏr̥]...

society, made up of the free people of the community presided over by a lawspeaker. Things took place regularly, usually at prominent places accessible by...

an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician. He was elected twice as lawspeaker of the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. He is commonly thought to have...

gathering was the Lögberg, or Law Rock, a rocky outcrop on which the Lawspeaker (lögsögumaður) took his seat as the presiding official of the assembly...

Torgny the Lawspeaker (Old Icelandic: Þorgnýr lögmaðr [ˈθorˌɡnyːr ˈlɵɣˌmɑðr], Swedish: Torgny Lagman) is the name of one of at least three generations...

Christians choose a new lawspeaker for themselves, Hallr á Síðu. He reaches an agreement with Þorgeirr Ljósvetningagoði, the pagan lawspeaker, that Þorgeirr will...

Folkvid was the lawspeaker of Värmland during the second half of the 12th century. He was the father of Håkon Galen, an earl whose son Knut Håkonsson was...

dissolved and replaced by a Danish judiciary, and the post of løgmaður (lawspeaker) was likewise replaced by a Danish-appointed amtmand (equivalent to a...

literally means "lawman" and originally referred to the legal function of lawspeaker. This old title was brought back into use to refer to the head of government...

and lawspeaker of Uppland, and one of the richest landowners of the country, and his wife Ingeborg Bengtsdotter, a member of the so-called Lawspeaker branch...

point of the Alþingi and a natural platform for holding speeches. The Lawspeaker, elected for three years at a time, presided over the assembly and recited...

Uppsala at the end of February or in early March. As in Iceland, the lawspeaker presided over the assemblies, but the Swedish king functioned as a judge...

cross in all directions and amassed the leidang at Uppsala. Torgny the Lawspeaker advised him to block the waterway leading to Uppsala with a palisade of...

and later the Swedish Archbishopric. All the Swedish lawspeakers were subordinate to the lawspeaker of Tiundaland. The name of Attunda was revived as Attunda...

Hallur Gissurarson (died 1230) was an Icelandic lawspeaker in the 13th century and later a monk and abbot, at both Helgafellsklaustur and Þykkvabæjarklaustur...

and their advisors. They also appointed a Lawspeaker (lögsögumaður) once every three years. The Lawspeaker recited and clarified laws at Lögberg ("Law...

Hirst as Helga, Floki's partner Morgan C. Jones as The Law Giver, the lawspeaker of Kattegat Carrie Crowley as Elisef, wife of Erik John Kavanagh as The...

some extent written, or at least compiled, by the Icelandic scholar, lawspeaker, and historian Snorri Sturluson c. 1220. It is considered the fullest...

the Franks were memorised by "rachimburgs", who were analogous to the lawspeakers of Scandinavia. By the 6th century, when these laws first appeared in...

that enforce the laws of God Emperor Doom. King Thor serves as their lawspeaker while Thunderer Thorlief was a famous Thor Corps member. The Tough Kid...

published in Denmark according to which the waterfall was named when the lawspeaker Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði made Christianity the official religion of Iceland...

mother of King Inge II of Norway. She married the Swedish Folkvid the Lawspeaker in 1177 but abandoned him to marry the Norwegian Birkebeiner Bård Guttormsson...

He made peace with King Olof Skötkonung of Sweden through Þorgnýr the Lawspeaker, and was for some time engaged to Olof's daughter, Ingegerd, though without...

[ˈθɔrˌceir ˈljousˌvɛhtniŋkaˌkɔːðɪ ˈθɔrˌcʰɛlsˌsɔːn]; born c. 940) was a lawspeaker in Iceland's Althing from 985 to 1001. In the year 999 or 1000, Iceland's...

kingdom, but Ragnvald was supported by his foster-father Thorgny the Lawspeaker.[citation needed] Thorgny delivered a powerful speech in which he reminded...

societies, made up of the free men of the community and presided by lawspeakers. The thing was the assembly of the free men of a country, province or...

claiming the Lawspeaker accidentally set the wasps on himself and appointing Rufus as the new Lawspeaker. With Orm freed and Rufus Lawspeaker, Orm foolishly...

the Prose Edda, composed in the 13th century by the Icelandic scholar, lawspeaker, and historian Snorri Sturluson, and the Poetic Edda, a collection of...

Scandinavia, bodies known as things consisted of freemen presided by a lawspeaker. These deliberative bodies were responsible for settling political questions...

Lagman may refer to: A lawspeaker Lagman (surname) Lagemann (surname) Lagmann Godredsson Lagmann mac Gofraid (fl. early eleventh century), King of the...