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 of Denmark.

Biography

In the sagas Gyrid was the daughter of King

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(''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 (1603) and

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Sagas

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* Eyrbyggja saga * Hervarar saga * Knýtlinga saga * Gesta Danorum

References

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