Rögnvald Kali Kolsson
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Rögnvald Kali Kolsson, also known as Saint Ronald of Orkney, was a Norwegian earl of Orkney who came to be regarded as a Christian saint. Two of the Orkney Islands are named after Rögnvald, namely Nor
Modern carving of Rögnvald in St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney
St Magnus Cathedral
Orkneyinga saga
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The Orkneyinga saga is a narrative of the history of the Orkney and Shetland islands and their relationship with other local polities, particularly Norway and Scotland, written in Old Norse. The saga
Rögnvald Kali Kolsson
…master over this area. In 1151, Earl Rögnvald set out on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. This celebrated enterprise takes up five complete chapters of Orkneyinga saga. The telling about their staying in the Holy Land is very short. It seems that the journey is the important part. But the description of the voyage is…
An example of a page from the Orkneyinga saga, as it appears in a printed copy of the 14th-century Flateyjarbók.
An early 19th-century illustration of "Mount Hekla from Odde"
Magnus Barefoot's army in Ireland. It has been argued that Magnus's actions in the west form the basis of the saga narrative about the submission of Orkney and Shetland to Harald Fairhair's fleet.
"Odin Rides to Hel" (1908) by W. G. Collingwood