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Hrólf Kraki Tradition Eadgils was a 6th century king of Sweden who appears in the Old English epic Beowulf. Eadgils is generally considered to be the same king as Aðils, or Athisl, who appears in the Norse sagas and Gesta Danorum. This king was also the son of a king named Ohthere and just like in Beowulf, Adils killed a king named Onela (Ali) with foreign assistance (see also Origins for Beowulf and Hrólf Kraki). Eadgils - Name. The Norse forms are based ...

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• Eadgils - Name
• Eadgils - Beowulf
• Eadgils - In the Hrólf Kraki traditions and Heimskringla
• Eadgils - Archaeology
• Eadgils - Gesta Danorum
• Eadgils - Primary sources
• Eadgils - Secondary sources

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Arvid Carlsson (b. January 25, 1923) is a Swedish scientist who is best known for his work with the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effects in Parkinson's disease. Carlsson won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000 along with co-recipients Eric Kandel and Paul Greengard. Carlsson was born in Uppsala, Sweden, son of Gottfrid Carlsson, historian and later professor of history at the University of Lund, where he began his medical education in 1941. Although Sweden was neutral during World War II, Carlsson's education ...

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• Arvid Carlsson - External link

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Eystein Bele (Old Norse:Eysteinn inn illráði, Swedish: Östen Illråda (ill-ruler) or Östen Beli) was son of Harald Hildetand according to Hervarar Saga. The previous ruler, Ragnar Lodbrok made him the viceroy of Sweden towards the end of the 8th century. He is said to have been very wise, but also very evil. He had a daughter, Borghild, and was succeded by Björn Ironside, one of Ragnar Lodbrok's sons. According to Krá ...

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• Eystein Bele - Ragnarssona þáttr

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The historic University of Paris (French: Université de Paris) first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was in 1970 reorganized as 13 autonomous universities (University of Paris I–XIII). The university is often referred to as the Sorbonne or La Sorbonne after the collegiate institution (Collège de Sorbonne) founded about 1257 by Robert de Sorbon, but the university as such is older and was never completely centered on the Sorbonne. Of the 13 current successor universities, the first f ...

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• University of Paris - Origin and organization of the medieval university
• University of Paris - The Collège de Sorbonne
• University of Paris - Other colleges
• University of Paris - Student revolt and reorganization
• University of Paris - Present universities

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Uppland (listen ▶ (help·info)) is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic sea. The name literally means Upland, a name which is commonly encountered in English literature (especially older). Its Latinzed form, which may also occasiona ...

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• Uppland - Counties
• Uppland - Population
• Uppland - History
• Uppland - Heraldry
• Uppland - Dukes
• Uppland - Geography
• Uppland - Cities
• Uppland - Districts
• Uppland - Facts
• Uppland - Culture

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1728 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1728 - Events. Astronomical aberration discovered by the astronomer James Bradley Swedish academy of sciences founded at Uppsala The founding ...

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• 1728 - Events
• 1728 - Births
• 1728 - Deaths

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The Cathedral of Uppsala is the largest church building in Scandinavia, being 118.7 m high. The construction of the cathedral began in 1287, but it would take more than a century to complete the construction. It was inaugurated 1435 under archbishop Olaus Laurentii, but was actually still not completely finished. It was dedicated to the saints Lawrence, a most cherished saint in all of Sweden at that time, Eric the Saint the patron of Sweden, and Saint Olaf the patron of Norway. After completion in the following decades, it has been d ...

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In Norse mythology, the dísir (sing. dís) are a collective of divine female beings of whom little is known with certainty except that they are mentioned in concurrence with death and demise. Dís is believed to correspond to the idisi mentioned in the Old High German Merseburg Incantations as well as to ides, a poetic Anglo-Saxon synonym for "woman." Possibly, it is also etymologically related to the dhísanas, a group of female deities in the Yajur Veda. Dís could be u ...

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• Dísir - Corpus
• Dísir - Dísir Valkyries and Norns
• Dísir - Dísablót and dísaþing
• Dísir - Notes

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Umeå (IPA: ˘ʉməoː – listen ▶ (help·info)) is a city in upper Norrland in northern Sweden. It is situated in the province of Västerbotten and has 71,000 inhabitants in the city proper [1] . It is the seat of Umeå Municipality that includes immediate surroundings (2,331.4 sq km, including Holmsund but not Vännäs) and 110,000 i ...

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• Umeå - People
• Umeå - Economy
• Umeå - Sister cities
• Umeå - Geography
• Umeå - History
• Umeå - Modern Umeå
• Umeå - Famous people

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Tyrfing or Tirfing was a magic sword which figures in a poem from the Elder Edda called The Waking of Angantýr, and in Hervarar saga. The name is also used in the saga to denote the Goths and the form Tervingi was actually recorded by Roman sources in the 4th century. Svafrlami was the king of Gardariki, and Odin's grandson. He managed to trap the Dwarves Dvalin and Durin when they had left the rock where they dwelt. Then he forced them to forge a sword with a golden hilt that would never miss a stroke, would never rust and would cut throug ...

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The national flag of Denmark is more commonly known as the Dannebrog. The Dannebrog is red with a white Scandinavian cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side. The cross design of the Danish flag was subsequently adopted by the other Nordic countries: Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland. During the Danish-Norwegian personal union, the Dannebrog was also the flag of Norway and continued to be, slightly mo ...

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• Flag of Denmark - The legendary origin of the flag
• Flag of Denmark - The continuation of the romantic legend
• Flag of Denmark - Other theories of the origin of the flag
• Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #2
• Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #3
• Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #4
• Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #5
• Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #6
• Flag of Denmark - Earliest recorded use of the flag
• Flag of Denmark - Earliest undisputed link
• Flag of Denmark - Origin and meaning of Dannebrog
• Flag of Denmark - From King's banner to National flag
• Flag of Denmark - Laws and flag variations
• Flag of Denmark - National flag
• Flag of Denmark - Splitflag
• Flag of Denmark - Who may use what?
• Flag of Denmark - Flag days
• Flag of Denmark - External link

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Dan is the name of one or more legendary kings of the Danes in medieval Scandinavian texts. Dan king - The Leire Chonicle. The Chronicle of Leire (Chronicon Lethrense) written about 1170 introduces a primeval King Ypper of Uppsala whose three sons were Dan who afterwards ruled Denmark, Nori who afterwards ruled Norway, and Østen who afterwards ruled the Swedes. Dan apparently first ruled in Zealand for the Chronicle states that it was when Dan had saved his people from an attack by the ...

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• Dan king - The Leire Chonicle
• Dan king - The Rígsthula
• Dan king - The Skjöldungasaga
• Dan king - The Ynglinga Saga
• Dan king - Sven Aggesen
• Dan king - The Gesta Danorum
• Dan king - The Song of Eric

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Uppsala University (Swedish Uppsala universitet) is a public university in Uppsala, Sweden. It is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. After a turbulent period following the reformation, the university rose to some significance with the rise of Sweden as a Great Power and a leading Lutheran state from the end of the 16th century and was given a relative financial stability with the large dona ...

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• Uppsala University - History
• Uppsala University - Before the reformation
• Uppsala University - The crisis of the 16th century
• Uppsala University - The expansion of the 17th century
• Uppsala University - The age of mercantilism and enlightenment
• Uppsala University - Organization
• Uppsala University - Locations and campus areas
• Uppsala University - University Park and Cathedral area
• Uppsala University - West of Central Uppsala
• Uppsala University - Other locations in wider Central Uppsala
• Uppsala University - South of central Uppsala
• Uppsala University - North of Central Uppsala
• Uppsala University - University Library
• Uppsala University - University Hospital
• Uppsala University - Life at the University
• Uppsala University - Nations and student union
• Uppsala University - Art music and sports
• Uppsala University - People

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The Vaksala Runestone (U 961) is located in Vaksala parish near Uppsala, Sweden. It is one of the ca. 40 runestones made by the successful rune carver Öpir, in Uppland, in the 11th century. The message reads that Ingulfast has made the rune stone on the behest of the widow and the daughter of the deceased. This runestone was moved from the wall of the church yard to its present location. The text reads: h(u)(l)-a + lit + raisa stain + þina at kitilbiarn faþur si ...

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Hrólf Kraki Tradition In Scandinavian legendary tradition Yrsa is the illegitimate daughter of Helgi whom Helgi later unwittingly married and on whom he fathered his famous son Hrólf Kraki. Yrsa left Helgi on learning the truth and became the wife of King Adils of Sweden (or she returned to her former husband Adils in one account). Not all variations between accounts are covered below. Yrsa was an illegimate daughter of Helgi son of Halfdan whom Helgi fathered by force on a foreign queen. The girl was bro ...

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Freyr (sometimes anglicized Frey[1]) is one of the most important deities in Norse paganism and Norse mythology. Worshipped as a fertility god, Freyr bestows "peace and pleasure" upon mortals. He rules over the rain, the shining of the sun and thereby the produce of the fields. He is one of the Vanir, the son of the sea god Njörðr and brother of the love goddess Freyja. The gods gave him Álfheimr, the realm of the Elves, as a teethi ...

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• Freyr - Adam of Bremen
• Freyr - The Prose Edda
• Freyr - The Poetic Edda
• Freyr - Skírnismál
• Freyr - Skaldic poetry
• Freyr - Heimskringla
• Freyr - Icelanders' sagas
• Freyr - Gesta Danorum
• Freyr - Other traditions
• Freyr - Ballad of Veraldur
• Freyr - Possible Later Survivals
• Freyr - Notes

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Carolina Rediviva is the main building of the Uppsala University Library in Uppsala, Sweden. The building was begun in 1820 and completed in 1841. The original architect was Carl Fredrik Sundvall. Later additions to the building have been designed by Axel Johan Anderberg and Peter Celsing. The name, literally "Carolina Revived", was given in remembrance of the old Academia Carolina building, which had functioned as university library for the larger part of the 17th century (see Uppsala University Library). Carolina Rediviva is the oldest and largest university library building in the country ...

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• Carolina Rediviva - External link

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Yngvi and Alf were two legendary Swedish kings of the House of Yngling. According to Ynglingatal, Historia Norwegiae and Ynglinga saga, Yngvi and Alf were the sons of Alrik. Snorri Sturluson relates that Yngvi was an accomplished king: a great warrior who always won his battles, the master of all exercises, generous, happy and sociable. He was both loved and famous. Alf was unsociable and harsh and stayed at home instead of pillaging in other countries. His mother was Dageid, the daughter of king Dag the Great from whom is descended the Dagling family. Alf was married to Be ...

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• Yngvi and Alf - Hervarar Saga and the Saga of Orvar-Odd
• Yngvi and Alf - Ari Frodi's Younger Íslendingabók
• Yngvi and Alf - Gesta Danorum
• Yngvi and Alf - Primary sources
• Yngvi and Alf - Secondary sources

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The Ynglings (Heimskringla), Scylfings (Beowulf and Ynglingatal) or Sons of Frey (Gesta Danorum and Ynglingatal) were the oldest known Scandinavian dynasty. They are known from early Scandinavian sources, especially Heimskringla, and from Beowulf. They make up a large part of the Mythological kings of Sweden as well as the Semi-legendary kings of Sweden. The first kings in the line are probably mythical, whereas others have probably existed in real life. Especially, ...

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• Yngling - Names
• Yngling - From Sweden to Norway
• Yngling - Remaining in Sweden?
• Yngling - Family Tree
• Yngling - The line
• Yngling - Kings of Sweden
• Yngling - Intermediary
• Yngling - Kings of Norway
• Yngling - The name Scylfing
• Yngling - Beowulf
• Yngling - In Norse tradition
• Yngling - Variant spellings

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There are several persons called Boëthius: Philosophers: Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius - to many scholars this is the Boëthius, a late-Roman writer best known for his works in philosophy and theology. Boëthius of Dacia - a medieval professor at the French Sorbonne, a philosopher of the averroist school Daniel Boëthius - a professor of philosophy from Uppsala, Sweden. Authors: Maria-Pia Boëthius - a Swedish writer.

Vanlade, Vanlande was a Swedish king at Uppsala of the House of Yngling in Norse mythology. He was the son of Sveigder. Snorri Sturluson wrote in the Ynglinga saga, that Vanlade was a great warrior. Once he stayed for the winter in Finland with Snær the Old, and was married to his daughter Drífa. When he left in spring, he left Drífa behind. Although he had promised her to come back in three years time, she had to wait ten years. Then she sent her and Vanlade's son Visbur to Sweden, and sent a message to the völva Huld. She asked the völva to eit ...

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• Vanlade - Geography
• Vanlade - Sources

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