Kings' sagas

The kings' sagas are Norse sagas which tell of the lives of Scandinavian kings. They were composed in the 12th to 14th centuries in Iceland and Norway. List of kings' sagas, including works in Latin, in approximate order of composition (many dates could be off by decades):


 * A Latin work by Sæmundr fróði, ca. 1120, lost.
 * The older version of Íslendingabók by Ari fróði, ca. 1125, lost.
 * Hryggjarstykki by Eiríkr Oddsson, ca. 1150, lost.
 * Historia Norvegiæ, ca. 1170.
 * Historia de Antiquitate Regum Norwagiensium  by Theodoricus monachus, ca. 1180.
 * Skjöldunga saga, ca. 1180, badly preserved.
 * Oldest Saga of St. Olaf, ca. 1190, mostly lost.
 * Ágrip af Nóregskonungasögum, ca. 1190.
 * A Latin Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar by Oddr Snorrason, ca. 1190, survives in translation.
 * A Latin Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar by Gunnlaugr Leifsson, ca. 1195, lost.
 * Sverris saga, by Karl Jónsson, ca. 1205.
 * Legendary Saga of St. Olaf, ca. 1210.
 * Morkinskinna, ca. 1220 but before Fagrskinna.
 * Fagrskinna, ca. 1220.
 * Óláfs saga helga by Styrmir Kárason, ca. 1220, mostly lost.
 * Böglunga sögur, ca. 1225.
 * Separate Saga of St. Olaf, by Snorri Sturluson, ca. 1225.
 * Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson, ca. 1230.
 * Knýtlinga saga, probably by Ólafr Þórðarson, ca. 1260.
 * Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar, by Sturla Þórðarson, ca. 1265.
 * Magnúss saga lagabœtis, by Sturla Þórðarson, ca. 1280, only fragments survive.
 * Hulda-Hrokkinskinna, ca. 1280.
 * Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta, ca 1300.

Sometimes counted among the kings' sagas:


 * Jómsvíkinga saga
 * Orkneyinga saga
 * Færeyinga saga
 * Brjáns saga