Åsa Haraldsdottir of Agder
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Åsa Haraldsdottir of Agder was a semi-legendary Norwegian Viking Age queen regnant of the petty kingdom of Agder. According to sagas referencing the clan Yngling, she was the mother of Halfdan the Bla
Gudrød is murdered (Illustration by Gerhard Munth)
Ragnar Lodbrok
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Ragnar Lodbrok or Ragnar Lothbrok, according to legends, was a Viking hero and a Swedish and Danish king.
Åsa Haraldsdottir of Agder
…Halfdan the Black (Halvdan Svarte), Sigurd Ring (Sigurd Hringrr) and also grandmother of King Harald Fairhair (Harald Hårfagre) and the legendary King Ragnar Lothbrok (Ragnarr Loðbrók). Åsa was the daughter of King Harald Granraude of Agder. King Gudrød the Hunter (Gudrød Veidekonge) of Borre in Vestfold proposed…
Ragnar Lodbrok with sons Ivar and Ubba, 15th-century miniature in Harley MS 2278 folio 39r
A warrior with shaggy breeches, killing a beast, on one of the Torslunda plates. The man has been identified with Ragnar Lodbrok in an early Swedish version of the legend (Schück). More recently, it has been interpreted as showing a Germanic initiation ritual in which shaggy trousers played a role and which may subsequently have contributed to the legend of Ragnar Lodbrok.
Ragnar Lodbrog meets Kraka by 19th century artist Mårten Eskil Winge
The saga as published by Norstedts in a large-size illustrated version (1880).