Agnafit

Agnafit

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It is moreover mentioned by Snorri Sturluson in the "Heimskringla" ("Ynglinga saga") as the location where the Swedish king Agne was hanged by his captive bride Skjalf in his golden torc. She had been captured by Agne in Finland, and after Agne's execution she escaped with her thralls. Later in the "Heimskringla" (the "Saga of Olaf Haraldsson"), Snorri writes that king Olaf Haraldsson was captured by the Swedes in Mälaren and had to dig a channel at Agnafit to escape into the Baltic Sea.

Snorri attributes the name to king Agne and "fit" ("wet meadow"), but toponymists have suggested that "Agne"- can be derived from the practice of baiting fishing tools at the location.

The location is also mentioned in "Ásmundar saga kappabana" and in "Orvar-Odd's saga". In the latter saga, it is mentioned in the Swedish hero Hjalmar's deathsong. He sang that he would never more see his beloved princess whom he bid farewell at Agnafit:When Orvar-Odd returned to Uppsala, the princess committed suicide and was buried with Hjalmar in the same barrow.

ources

*Nationalencyklopedin
* [http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1467&a=555814&viewAll=true A Swedish language article in Dagens Nyheter]
*"Heimskringla"
*"Orvar-Odd's saga"


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