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Orkneyinga saga

c. 1200 · 13th century

The Orkneyinga saga is an Old Norse saga written in Iceland around 1200 that tells the history of the earls of Orkney from the Norse settlement to the late 12th century. It includes the lives of Thorfinn the Mighty, the martyred Earl Magnus and Rögnvald Kali Kolsson. It is the main written source for the Norse earldom of Orkney.

Orkneyinga saga
Image: See 'source' above. The actual handwriting is that of Magnus Thorhallson. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Earldom of Orkney

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Orkneyinga saga. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/orkneyinga-saga
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“Orkneyinga saga.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/orkneyinga-saga. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Orkneyinga saga.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/orkneyinga-saga.
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