Tryggvaflokkr

Tryggvaflokkr (the "Flokkr-poem of Tryggva") was an Old Norse poem about Tryggve the Pretender, an 11th-century viking chieftain who purported to be the son of Olaf Tryggvason and tried to conquer Norway in 1033. It is usually attributed to Sighvat Thordarson, a skald and court poet of Canute the Great. The only surviving portion of the poem is that quoted by Snorri Sturluson in the "Heimskringla":

:"For fame eager, forth fared":"from the north King Tryggve,":"whilst Svein from the south forth ":"sailed to join the battle":"From fray not far was I.":"Fast they raised their banners":"Swiftly then-rang sword 'gainst":"sword-began the bloodshed." [Hollander 536.]

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*Snorri Sturluson. "Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway." Lee Hollander, transl. Univ. of Texas Press, 2002.