Individual Details

Ragnvald OLAFSSON

(Abt 816 - 850)

His greatest contribution to posterity was that he asked the skald poet of Hvinir to compose a poem about his ancestry. This poem is known as Ynglingatal and is not only one of the oldest, but also one of the most famous and debated of the Old Norse poems.

Events

BirthAbt 816Vestfold, Norway
Death850

Families

ChildAscrida ROGNVALDSDATTER (804 - 846)
FatherOlaf GUDRODSSON (800 - 840)