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[[File:KingOlafsShips_Krohg_2343.jpg|link=Flaunting Your Fleets|frame|[[Horny Vikings|Those guys.]]<ref>Image is "King Olaf's wedding journey to Land's End" by Christian Krohg (1899)</ref> ]]▼
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| author = Snorri Sturluson
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| elevator pitch = Sagas of Swedish and Norwegian kings
| genre = History, Historical fiction
| publication date = circa 1230
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{{quote|''“A king shall stand for his country’s honour and glory, but not for long life.”''
|'''King Magnus Barelegs'''
''[[Heimskringla]]'' is a massive medieval history book, recounting the lives of the kings of [[Norway]] from the days when the [[Norse Mythology|Aesir]] dwelt among men to 1177 AD. It was written c. 1230 AD in [[Iceland]], purportedly by the most famous medieval Icelandic author, [[Snorri Sturluson]].
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