Snorri Sturluson

Snorri Sturluson was born in 1179 in Hvammur, in western Iceland, into a powerful chieftain family. From the age of three or four he was raised at Oddi by Jón Loftsson, a powerful chieftain, a fosterage that shaped his education. In 1199 he married Herdís, from whose father he inherited an estate and a chieftainship. He later lived at Reykholt, where his outdoor bath fed by hot springs, Snorralaug, survives. He served twice as lawspeaker of the Althing, Iceland's assembly. In 1218 he sailed to Norway at royal invitation and became well acquainted with the young King Hákon and Jarl Skúli. Snorri wrote the Prose Edda, a handbook for poets that also retells many myths of the Norse gods, such as Odin and Thor. He is also credited with Heimskringla, a history of the kings of Norway, and possibly with Egil's Saga. He became caught up in Iceland's bitter power struggles and in quarrels with the Norwegian king. In 1241 he was killed at Reykholt by men claiming to act for the King of Norway.

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