Ragnar Lodbrok, according to legends, was a Viking hero and a Swedish and Danish king.
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.
The saga as published by Norstedts in a large-size illustrated version (1880).
Ragnar receives Kráka (Aslaug), as imagined by August Malmström.
A legendary saga or fornaldarsaga is a Norse saga that, unlike the Icelanders' sagas, takes place before the settlement of Iceland. There are some exceptions, such as Yngvars saga víðförla, which takes place in the 11th century. The sagas were probably all written in Iceland, from about the middle of the 13th century to about 1400, although it is possible that some may be of a later date, such as Hrólfs saga kraka.
Fornalder ("times past"); painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo
Hjorvard and Hjalmar propose to Ingeborg
