Jómsvíkinga saga
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The Jómsvíkinga saga relates of the founding of Jomsborg by Palnatoke, and of the famous Viking brotherhood of the Jomsvikings.
It also relates of their defeat at the Battle of Hjörungavágr in 986, when Sigvald Jarl brought the Jomsvikings to Norway to depose Haakon Jarl.
[edit] External links
- Jómsvíkinga saga from heimskringla.no
- The Jómsvíkinga saga in Modern Icelandic
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