Heimskringla: The Stories of the Kings of Norway, Called The Round World: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Heimskringla: The Stories of the Kings of Norway, Called The Round World, credited to Snorri Sturleson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Heimskringla: The Stories of the Kings of Norway, Called The Round World by Snorri Sturleson. (Translated by George Pope Morris; Eiríkr Magnússon.) Read in English by Ærik Bjørnsson; Jim Locke Heimskringla (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈheimsˌkʰriŋla]) is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas. It was written in Old Norse in Iceland by the poet and historian Snorri Sturluson (1178/79–1241) ca. 1230. The name Heimskringla was first used in the 17th century, derived from the first two words of one of the manuscripts (kringla heimsins - the circle of the world). Heimskringla is a collection of sagas about the Norwegian kings, beginning with the saga of the legendary Swedish dynasty of the Ynglings, followed by accounts of historical Norwegian rulers from Harald Fairhair of the 9th century up to the death of the pretender Eystein Meyla in 1177. The exact sources of his work are disputed, but included earlier kings' sagas, such as Morkinskinna, Fagrskinna and the twelfth century Norwegian synoptic histories and oral traditions, notably many skaldic poems. Snorri had himself visited Norway and Sweden. For events of the mid-12th century, Snorri explicitly names the now lost work Hryggjarstykki as his source. The composition of the sagas is Snorri's. This solo is Volume 3-5 of The Saga Library by the same translators and is all three volumes of the Heimskringla (which are volumes 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Saga Library. Volume 6 is notes, index, appendices etc, and is not planned to be recorded). ( Wikipedia and Ærik Bjørnsson)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Heimskringla: The Stories of the Kings of Norway, Called The Round World
• Author credits: Snorri Sturleson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 78
• Listed recording duration: 34:23:22

Catalogue topics

• folklore
• royalty
• Norway
• Sweden

Opening tracks: first 24 of 78

1. 00 - The Preface of Snorri Sturluson — 6:51
2. 01 - The Story of the Ynglings, Part 1 - Chapter I-X — 16:54
3. 02 - The Story of the Ynglings, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XXI — 14:35
4. 03 - The Story of the Ynglings, Part 3 - Chapter XXII-XXIX — 14:23
5. 04 - The Story of the Ynglings, Part 4 - Chapter XXX-XXXVIII — 19:26
6. 05 - The Story of the Ynglings, Part 5 - Chapter XXXIX-XLIV — 14:12
7. 06 - The Story of the Ynglings, Part 6 - Chapter XLV-LV — 14:38
8. 07 - The Story of Halfdan the Black — 16:45
9. 08 - The Story of Harald Hairfair, Part 1 - Chapter I-X — 17:16
10. 09 - The Story of Harald Hairfair, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XX — 21:33
11. 10 - The Story of Harald Hairfair, Part 3 - Chapter XXI-XXX — 18:58
12. 11 - The Story of Harald Hairfair, Part 4 - Chapter XXXI-XL — 23:16
13. 12 - The Story of Harald Hairfair, Part 5 - Chapter XLI-XLVI — 11:49
14. 13 - The Story of Hakon the Good, Part 1 - Chapter I-XIII — 21:16
15. 14 - The Story of Hakon the Good, Part 2 - Chapter XIV-XXVII — 28:44
16. 15 - The Story of Hakon the Good, Part 3 - Chapter XXVIII-XXXII — 19:41
17. 16 - The Story of King Harald Greycloak and of Earl Hakon son of Sigurd - Chapter I-XVIII — 37:06
18. 17 - The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 1 - Chapter I-X — 23:54
19. 18 - The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XX — 24:19
20. 19 - The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 3 - Chapter XXI-XXX — 17:30
21. 20 - The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 4 - Chapter XXXI-XL — 22:04
22. 21 - The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 5 - Chapter XLI-L — 24:21
23. 22 - The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 6 - Chapter LI-LX — 24:43
24. 23 - The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 7 - Chapter LXI-LXX — 17:43

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