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Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok

13th-century Icelandic legendary saga

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Source revisionSep 23, 2026
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The Tale of Ragnarr Loðbrók is an Icelandic legendary saga of the 13th century about the Viking ruler Ragnar loðbrók. It is first found in the same manuscript as Vǫlsunga saga, which it immediately follows. The tale covers the origin of Áslaug, Ragnarr's quest for the hand of Þóra borgarhjǫrtr, his later marriage to Áslaug, the deeds of their sons in battle, and Ragnarr's death at the hands of king Ælla of Northumbria.

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This entry incorporates text from “Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.