Snorri Sturluson
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Snorri Sturluson was an Icelandic historian, poet, knight, and politician. He was elected twice as lawspeaker of the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. He is commonly thought to have authored or compi
Snorri Sturluson by Christian Krohg (1890s)
An illustrated title page of a manuscript from 1764 containing the Prose Edda (ÍB 299 4to)
Snorri's Bathhouse at Reykholt
Skeggi Valley in Hvammur
Althing
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The Alþingi is the national legislature of Iceland, which is also known in the English language as the Icelandic Parliament or as the Parliament of Iceland. Established in 930, it is the oldest legisl
Snorri Sturluson
…1179 – 23 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, knight, and politician. He was elected twice as lawspeaker of the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. He is commonly thought to have authored or compiled portions of the Prose Edda, which is a major source for what is today known about Norse mythology…
19th-century rendering of the Law Rock in Þingvellir
Parliament House (right), at Austurvöllur in Reykjavík, built 1880–1881