Old Norse Skaldic and Eddic Performance Traditions in Viking-Age Scandinavia (8th–11th centuries)

1. Eggja stone runic inscription carved in Norway

   Jan 1, 650Labels: Eggja stone, Elder Futhark

   • Eggja stone
   • Kringom

2. Rök Stone carved with extended poetic material

   Jan 1, 825Labels: R k, Sweden

   • Britannica
   • R k runestone

3. Bragi Boddason active as earliest attested skald

   Jan 1, 850Labels: Bragi Boddason, Skald

   • Bragi

4. Haraldskvæði (Hrafnsmál) composes praise for Harald

   Jan 1, 900Labels: orbj rn, Harald Fairhair

   • Hafrsfjord

5. Egill Skallagrímsson composes Sonatorrek (traditional)

   Jan 1, 960Labels: Egill Skallagr, Sonatorrek

   • Sonatorrek
   • Opticon1826

6. Eyvindr composes Hákonarmál after Hákon’s death

   Jan 1, 961Labels: Eyvindr sk, H konarm

   • Heimskringla no

7. Karlevi Runestone set up with dróttkvætt stanza

   Jan 1, 990Labels: Karlevi Runestone, dr ttkv

   • Karlevi

8. Iceland legally adopts Christianity at the Alþingi

   Jan 1, 1000Labels: Al ingi, Iceland

   • Kristnitaka
   • Iceland Christianity

9. Snorri compiles the Prose Edda as poetics handbook

   Jan 1, 1220Labels: Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda

   • Prose Edda
   • World History

10. Heimskringla composed, extensively quoting skaldic verse

    Jan 1, 1230Labels: Heimskringla, Snorri Sturluson

    • Heimskringla

11. Codex Regius written, preserving much of Poetic Edda

    Jan 1, 1270Labels: Codex Regius, Poetic Edda

    • Codex Regius
    • World History

12. Möðruvallabók compiled, preserving sagas with embedded verse

    Jan 1, 1350Labels: M ruvallab, Icelandic sagas

    • M ruvallab k
    • Korm ks saga