Frá Fornjóti ok hans ættmönnum
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Frá Fornjóti ok hans ættmönnum (Old Norse
for "Of Fornjot and His Kinsmen") is legendary saga
consisting of a collection of three works on the foundation of Norway
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Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
for "Of Fornjot and His Kinsmen") is legendary saga
Legendary saga
A Legendary saga or Fornaldarsaga is a Norse saga that, unlike the Icelanders' sagas, takes place before the colonization of Iceland. There are some exceptions, such as Yngvars saga víðförla, which takes place in the 11th century...
consisting of a collection of three works on the foundation of Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
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- Hversu Noregr byggðist ("How Norway was inhabited")
- Fundinn Noregr ("Foundation of Norway")
- Af Upplendinga konungumAf Upplendinga konungumAf Upplendinga konunum or Of the Kings of the Uplands, found in the Hauksbók, is a short presentation of the House of Yngling from Olof Trätälja to Ragnvald the Mountain-High. It tells the same story as the last part of the Ynglinga saga but in summarized form.-External links:****...
("Of the Kings of the Uplands")