Dag Ringsson Hedmark

• King of Hedemark in 960
• Dag Ringsson Hedmark grandfather was also called Dag Ringsson (n. 936), they belonged to a long and traditional dynasty of kings of Hedmark. According to Icelandic climber Snorri Sturluson, he was the son of Ring Haraldsson and therefore direct descendant of Harald I of Norway.
• Dag Ringsson (N. 990) was a Viking warlord from Oppland, Norway in the 10th century. His family moved to Sweden where he remained as a nobleman in the service of the Swedish king Anund Jacob. Dag was a skilful man in rhetoric and active, impetuous, courageous, but he was not a man of much discernment.
• In 1026, king OLAF II lost the Battle of Helgeå, and in 1029 the disgruntled nobles of Norway allied themselves with the large one of Denmark forcing Olaf to escape. During his exile, King Olaf spent some time in the Swedish province of Närke with Sigtrygg de Nerike, where he contacted Dag for his purpose of recovering the Norwegian throne.
• Dag Ringsson was a member of Olaf II's entourage at the Battle of Stiklestad in 1030. After the fall of the king, Dag continued to battle with an army of 1,200 men but was soon overcome by the army of the Bóndi who quickly won the reins to victory forcing to retire and address to Sweden. Dag did not appear again on the Norwegian political scene. Some sources interpret that he died that same year.

Children

Two sons of Dag ruled Hedmark in diarchy,

• (i) RÖREK (-1021). Snorre names "two brothers…Hrorek and Ring" as kings in Hedemark, recording that they supported the accession of King Olav Haraldson. King of Hedemark. He was blinded on the orders of Olav II King of Norway.
• (ii) RING, Snorre names "two brothers…Hrorek and Ring" as kings in Hedemark, recording that they supported the accession of King Olav Haraldson. King of Hedemark. He was banished on the orders of Olav II King of Norway m ---. The name of Ring's wife is not known.

Norway Kings From Projects MedLands

RING. Snorre names (in order) "Dag, Hring, Gudrod Skiria and Ingigerd" as the children of King Harald and his wife Alvhild[114]. Under his father's division of territories, Hedemark and Gudbrandsdal were granted to Dag, Hring and Ragnar[115]. m ---. The name of Ring's wife is not known.

Ring & his wife had one child:

• (a) DAG Ringsson, King of Hedemark m ---. The name of Dag's wife is not known.

Dag & his wife had three children:

• (i) RÖREK (-1021). Snorre names "two brothers…Hrorek and Ring" as kings in Hedemark, recording that they supported the accession of King Olav Haraldson. King of Hedemark. He was blinded on the orders of Olav II King of Norway.
• (ii) RING. Snorre names "two brothers…Hrorek and Ring" as kings in Hedemark, recording that they supported the accession of King Olav Haraldson. King of Hedemark. He was banished on the orders of Olav II King of Norway m ---. The name of Ring's wife is not known.
• (iii) RAGNHILD. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m RAUD, from Österdalen.

Ring & his wife had two children:

• (a) DAG Ringsson. The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. 1030.
• (b) EMUND Ringsson. The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. An official in Polotzk.

Dag Ringsson, by NORWEGIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA

Dag Ringsson is mentioned in the royal sagas as the son of Ring Dagsson , a small king in Ringsaker . Dag's father was sent into exile to Sweden around the year 1016, after taking part in a failed revolt against King Olav Haraldsson . After this, Dag grew up with his father in Sweden, but it is uncertain where.

According to the sagas, King Olav must have visited Dag in Sweden in 1028, after fleeing from Knut the Mighty . Dag joined the king and joined him as Grand Duke Yaroslav of Kiev . He is also said to have gathered forces to help Olav at the battle of Stiklestad in 1030. However, he arrived late in the battle, after Olav had already been killed. Dag is said to have rescued the king's younger half-brother Harald Sigurdsson (later "Hardråde") from the battlefield, and made sure that he was healed of his wounds. In a verse by Tormod Kolbrunarskald , Dag is mentioned as one of the leaders in King Olav's army.

Dag proposed himself to become king after Olav. According to the sagas, he could trace his lineage back to Harald Hårfagre . The peasant army, however, would not accept this. Dag then resumed the fight ("Dagsriden"), but eventually had to flee.

It is said that after the battle he fled to a distant land, but where this was and what his further fate was, the sources do not say anything about.

Dag Ringsson by Bjørn Bandlien from the University of Southeast Norway

Dag Ringsson is mentioned in the royal sagas as the son of Ring Dagsson , a small king in Ringsaker . Dag's father was sent into exile to Sweden around the year 1016, after taking part in a failed revolt against King Olav Haraldsson . After this, Dag grew up with his father in Sweden, but it is uncertain where.

According to the sagas, King Olav must have visited Dag in Sweden in 1028, after fleeing from Knut the Mighty . Dag joined the king and joined him as Grand Duke Yaroslav of Kiev . He is also said to have gathered forces to help Olav at the battle of Stiklestad in 1030. However, he arrived late in the battle, after Olav had already been killed. Dag is said to have rescued the king's younger half-brother Harald Sigurdsson (later "Hardråde") from the battlefield, and made sure that he was healed of his wounds. In a verse by Tormod Kolbrunarskald , Dag is mentioned as one of the leaders in King Olav's army.

Dag proposed himself to become king after Olav. According to the sagas, he could trace his lineage back to Harald Hårfagre . The peasant army, however, would not accept this. Dag then resumed the fight ("Dagsriden"), but eventually had to flee.

It is said that after the battle he fled to a distant land, but where this was and what his further fate was, the sources do not say anything about.

Links

• https://snl.no/Dag_Ringsson
• https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Heimskringla/Saga_of_Olaf_Haraldso....
• https://www3.lokus.no/content?didLogin=true&contentItemId=1135735&d...
• https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Heimskringla/Saga_of_Olaf_Haraldso....
• http://runeberg.org/detnorsk/4/0338.html
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dag_Ringsson

Sources

• Genealogists-historiske tabeller over de Nordiske Governrs kongeslægter (1856), Königsfeldt, J. P. F., (2nd edition. Kjøbenhavn: Trykt i Bianco Lunos bogtrykkeri, 1856), FHL microfilm 1,124,504, item 3., table 9 p. 117.
• Saga of Olaf II the Holy, chap. 199
• Saga of Olaf II the Holy, chap. 210
• Dag Ringsson (Store norske leksikon)
• Saga of Olaf II the Holy, chap. 241
• Genealogists-historiske tabeller over de Nordiske Governrs kongeslægter (1856), Königsfeldt, J. P. F., (2nd edition. Kjøbenhavn: Trykt i Bianco Lunos bogtrykkeri, 1856), FHL microfilm 1,124,504, item 3., table 9 p. 112.
• Sturluson, Snorri. Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway, trad. Lee M. Hollander. Reprinted University of Texas Press, Austin, 1992. ISBN 0-292-73061-6
• Leif Inge Ree Petersen Dag Ringsson Store norske leksikon. Retrieved August 1, 2016
• Knut A Rosvold. "Stiklestad". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
• The Battle of Helgå, as told in the Saga of Olaf Haraldsson, by Snorri Sturluson
• Snorre Sturlason. "Slaget på Stiklestad". from Heimskringla . Retrieved June 1, 2017.
• "Heimskringla. Saga of Olaf Haraldson, Part VIII". wikisource.org. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
• Peter Andreas Munch (1857). "Det norske folks historie, IV". Christiania: Chr. Tønsbergs Forlag. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
• Etterkommere av Ring Haraldsen AV NORGE - http://oursmallworld.org/1504%20Ring%20Haraldsen%20Etterkommere.pdf