Nóregs konungatal

Nóregs konungatal^{[note 1]} (List of Norwegian Kings) is an Icelandic skaldic poem. Composed around 1190, the poem is preserved in the 14th-century Flateyjarbók manuscript. It is based on the lost historical work of Sæmundr fróði and is the best extant testimony on the scope of Sæmundr's work.^[1] Consisting of 83 stanzas, the poem was composed for the influential Icelander Jón Loftsson and celebrates his descent from the Norwegian royal line.^[2] The poem is modelled after the earlier genealogical poems Háleygjatal and Ynglingatal,^[3] with which it shares the metre of kviðuháttr. It is thought to contain the central points of Sæmundr's lost work, especially its chronological information.^[4]

Notes

1. Clover 2005, p. 199.
2. Hoops 2003, p. 70.
3. North 1997, p. 39.
4. Ekrem 2000, p. 12.

1. Alternatively Nóregs konunga-tal or Nóregs konunga tal. The same title is sometimes applied to Fagrskinna.

References

• Carol J. Clover; John Lindow; Medieval Academy of America (2005). Old Norse-Icelandic Literature: A Critical Guide. ISBN 978-0-8020-3823-4.
• Inger Ekrem; Lars Boje Mortensen; Karen Skovgaard-Petersen (2000). Olavslegenden Og Den Latinske Historieskrivning I 1100-Tallets Norge. Museum Tusculanum. ISBN 978-87-7289-616-8.
• Eysteinn Björnsson (2002). Index of Old Norse/Icelandic Skaldic Poetry. Published online at: See in particular Nóregs konungatal at from the editions of Finnur Jónsson and E. A. Kock.
• Johanne Hoops (2003). Reallexikon Der Germanischen Altertumskunde. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-017351-2.
• Richard North (1997-12-11). Heathen Gods in Old English Literature. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-55183-0.