Alfarin Gandalfsson

Critisk Historie af Danmark, udi den hedenske Tid, fra Odin ... https://books.google.com › books - Translate this page 1781 Hans Moder Hildur VIII, 144. Alf, han somastede Ivars Dotter, anseet för valdar, hvilken Meeningsrafaldes VIII, 257. . . . - Alfarin, Gandalfs Son

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Alfarin (Alfarin Gandolfsson) or Álf was a leader Viking king of Alvheim (today Bohuslän , Sweden ). Son of King Gandalf Alfgeirsson . His daughter married King Alfhild Norwegian , Gudrød the Hunter of the kingdom of Romerike and Vestfold , a marriage which extended its influence to half the kingdom of Vingulmark , territory Gudrød received as dowry . Therefore Álf is grandfather of King Olaf Geirstad-Alf who was brother of Halfdan the Black .

King Álf appears in several Nordic sagas as Ynglinga saga , Hálfdanar svarta saga and saga of Haralds saga ins hárfagra , the three works are part of the compendium of XIII century Heimskringla the skald Icelandic Snorri Sturluson .

References [ edit ]↑ Norsk Adel, Heber, Gustav, (Oslo: Trykt I Centraltrykkeriet, 1949), TNB book Hlex 929.7, p.. 73-74. References [ edit ]Sturluson, Snorri Heimskringla. History of the Kings of Norway, trans. Lee M. Hollander. Reprinted University of Texas Press , Austin, 1992. ISBN 0-292-73061-6