Gyrid Olafsdottir of Sweden, also called ''Gyritha''Arrild Huitfeld: "Danmarckis Rigis Krønicke - Den første Tomus eller Part", 1652, p. 51 (in Folio-edition)
(p. 104 in the original edition from 1603) or perhaps ''Gunnhild'' (10th-century), according to legends was a Swedish princess and a Danish queen consort as the spouse of King

Harald Bluetooth Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson ( non, Haraldr Blátǫnn Gormsson; da, Harald Blåtand Gormsen, died c. 985/86) was a king of Denmark and Norway. He was the son of King Gorm the Old and of Thyra Dannebod. Harald ruled as king of Denmark from c. 95 ...

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

Biography

In the sagas Gyrid was the daughter of King

Olof Björnsson Olof Björnsson, in legend, was a Swedish king who was referenced in several Old Norse Sagas including '' Hervarar saga'', ''Saga of Harald Fairhair'' and the ''Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa''. Reconstructions that place him as a historical kin ...

of Sweden and Queen Ingeborg Thrandsdotter. According to several sagas, her brother, Prince Styrbjörn Starke, accompanied her to

in order to arrange her marriage to Harald Bluetooth. Styrbjörn Starke in turn married Tyra (''Tyri Haraldsdatter''), who was a daughter of Harald Bluetooth. After the death of King Harald (around 985), nothing more is recorded about Gyrid. The Danish historians

Arild Huitfeldt Arild Huitfeldt (Arvid) (11 September 1546 – 16 December 1609) was a Danish historian and state official, known for his vernacular Chronicle of Denmark. Life Huitfeldt was born into an aristocratic family from Scania, part of the Kingdom of ...

(1603) and

Jakob Langebek Jakob Langebek (23 January 1710 - 16 August 1775) was a Danish historian, linguist, lexicographer, and archivist. Langebek, Jacob, 1710-75 ''Danish biographical Lexikon'' Retrieved December 1, 2020 Biography He was born at Skjoldborg Parish in ...

(1772)Jacobus Langebek: "Scriptores rerum Danicarum Mediiævi", I, 1772, p. 29 record Gyrid/Gyritha as one of the two wives of Harald Bluetooth - the other being ''Thora'' ( Tófa ?).

Sagas

Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa ''Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa'' (''The Tale of Styrbjörn the Swedish Champion'') is a short story, a ''þáttr'' on the Swedish claimant and Jomsviking Styrbjörn the Strong preserved in the ''Flatey Book'' (GKS 1005 fol 342-344, ca 1387-1395 ...

* Eyrbyggja saga * Hervarar saga *

Knýtlinga saga ''Knýtlinga saga'' (''The Saga of Cnut's Descendants'') is an Icelandic kings' saga written in the 1250s, which deals with the kings who ruled Denmark since the early 10th century.Ármann Jakobsson, "Royal biography", p. 397-8 There are good rea ...

Gesta Danorum ''Gesta Danorum'' ("Deeds of the Danes") is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th-century author Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Literate", literally "the Grammarian"). It is the most ambitious literary undertaking of medieval Denmark an ...

References

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