Heimskringla: The Stories of the Kings of Norway, Called The Round World

LibriVox recording of Heimskringla: The Stories of the Kings of Norway, Called The Round World by Snorri Sturleson. (Translated by George Pope Morris; Eiríkr Magnússon.) Read in English by Ærik Bjørnsson; Jim Locke Heimskringla (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈheimsˌkʰriŋla]) is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas. It was written in Old Norse in Iceland by the poet and historian Snorri Sturluson (1178/79–1241) ca. 1230. The name Heimskringla was first used in the 17th century, derived from the first two words of one of the manuscripts (kringla heimsins - the circle of the world). Heimskrin