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class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Building in Upplands-Bro Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden</div> <p><b>Signhildsberg</b> (historically <b>Fornsigtuna</b>, where <i>forn</i> means <i>ancient</i>, <b>Old Sigtuna</b>, <i>Sithun</i>, <i>Signesberg</i>) is a manor that formerly was a royal estate (<a href="/wiki/Uppsala_%C3%B6d" title="Uppsala öd">Uppsala öd</a>), located in the parish of Håtuna approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of the modern town of <a href="/wiki/Sigtuna" title="Sigtuna">Sigtuna</a>, by Lake <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A4laren" title="Mälaren">Mälaren</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>. Although the location is nearly forgotten, it has a central role in <a href="/wiki/Norse_mythology" title="Norse mythology">Norse mythology</a>, according to which it was founded by the Norse god <a href="/wiki/Odin" title="Odin">Odin</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Signhildsberg&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name <i>Sigtuna</i> is contested. According to one theory, it is a <a href="/wiki/Compound_(linguistics)" title="Compound (linguistics)">compound name</a> where the second element is -<i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/t%C3%BAn#Old_Norse" class="extiw" title="wikt:tún">tuna</a></i> and the first one is either of two closely related dialectal words, viz. <i>sig</i> meaning "seeping water" or "swamp" or <i>sik</i> meaning "swamp". As a basis for this intpretation, a brook south of Signhildsberg has been mentioned, or the fact that the estate was surrounded by marshy terrain.<sup id="cite_ref-sv_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sv-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another theory considers the name to be an ancient prestigious "<a href="/wiki/Wanderwort" title="Wanderwort">wander toponym</a>", meaning "strong fortress", like the <a href="/wiki/Celtic_languages" title="Celtic languages">Celtic</a> toponym <i><a href="/wiki/Segodunum" title="Segodunum">Segodunum</a></i>, <sup id="cite_ref-sv_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sv-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from <a href="/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" title="Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a> *<i>sigatūna</i>-, <a href="/wiki/Old_Norse" title="Old Norse">Old Norse</a> <i>Sigtún</i>, cf. Proto-Germanic *<i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/segaz" class="extiw" title="wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/segaz">segaz ~ *sigiz</a></i>- "victory": <a href="/wiki/Gothic_language" title="Gothic language">Gothic</a> <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%90%8D%83%F0%90%8C%B9%F0%90%8C%B2%F0%90%8C%B9%F0%90%8D%83" class="extiw" title="wikt:𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍃">sigis</a></i>, Old Norse <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sigr" class="extiw" title="wikt:sigr">sigr</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sigor" class="extiw" title="wikt:sigor">sigor</a></i>, Old Frisian <i>sige, sīge</i>, <a href="/wiki/Old_High_German" title="Old High German">Old High German</a> <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sigu" class="extiw" title="wikt:sigu">sigi, sigu</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-koch_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-koch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1680, the name was changed to <i>Signhildsberg</i> after the <a href="/wiki/Old_Norse" title="Old Norse">Old Norse</a> legend of <a href="/wiki/Hagbard_and_Signy" title="Hagbard and Signy">Hagbard and Signy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Heimskringla">Heimskringla</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Signhildsberg&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Heimskringla"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Chapter 5 of the <i><a href="/wiki/Ynglinga_saga" title="Ynglinga saga">Ynglinga saga</a></i> section of his <a href="/wiki/Heimskringla" title="Heimskringla">Heimskringla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Snorri_Sturluson" title="Snorri Sturluson">Snorri Sturluson</a> relates that <a href="/wiki/Odin" title="Odin">Odin</a> and the <a href="/wiki/%C3%86sir" title="Æsir">Æsir</a> first arrived at Old Sigtuna when they came to Sweden: </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Odin" title="Odin">Odin</a> took up his residence at the <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A4laren" title="Mälaren">Maelare</a> lake, at the place now called Old Sigtun. There he erected a large temple, where there were sacrifices according to the customs of the Asaland people. He appropriated to himself the whole of that district, and called it Sigtun. To the temple priests he gave also domains. <a href="/wiki/Njord" class="mw-redirect" title="Njord">Njord</a> dwelt in <a href="/wiki/N%C3%B3at%C3%BAn_(mythology)" title="Nóatún (mythology)">Noatun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Freyr" title="Freyr">Freyr</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gamla_Uppsala" title="Gamla Uppsala">Upsala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heimdal" title="Heimdal">Heimdal</a> in the Himinbergs, <a href="/wiki/Thor" title="Thor">Thor</a> in <a href="/wiki/%C3%9Er%C3%BA%C3%B0vangr" title="Þrúðvangr">Thrudvang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balder" class="mw-redirect" title="Balder">Balder</a> in <a href="/wiki/Breidablik" title="Breidablik">Breidablik</a>; to all of them he gave good estates.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>Later the pirate <a href="/wiki/S%C3%B6lve" title="Sölve">Sölve</a> arrived at Old Sigtuna to claim the Swedish throne: </p> <dl><dd>Solve came unexpectedly in the night on Eystein (<a href="/wiki/%C3%96sten" class="mw-redirect" title="Östen">Östen</a>), surrounded the house in which the king was, and burned him and all his court. Then Solve went to Sigtun, and desired that the Swedes should receive him, and give him the title of king; but they collected an army, and tried to defend the country against him, on which there was a great battle, that lasted, according to report, eleven days. There King Solve was victorious, and was afterwards king of the Swedish dominions for a long time, until at last the Swedes betrayed him, and he was killed.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>In the part called <i><a href="/wiki/Separate_Saga_of_St._Olaf" title="Separate Saga of St. Olaf">The Saga of St. Olaf</a></i>, the Norwegian king <a href="/wiki/Olaf_II_of_Norway" title="Olaf II of Norway">Olaf Haraldsson</a> makes shore at Old Sigtuna: </p> <dl><dd>King Olaf steered thereafter eastwards to Svithjod, and into the Lag (the Mælar lake), and ravaged the land on both sides. He sailed all the way up to Sigtuna, and laid his ships close to the old Sigtuna. The Swedes say the stone-heaps are still to be seen which Olaf had laid under the ends of the gangways from the shore to the ships.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Skaldic_poetry">Skaldic poetry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Signhildsberg&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Skaldic poetry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hjalmars_avsked_av_Orvar_Odd_efter_striden_p%C3%A5_Sams%C3%B6.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Hjalmars_avsked_av_Orvar_Odd_efter_striden_p%C3%A5_Sams%C3%B6.jpg/220px-Hjalmars_avsked_av_Orvar_Odd_efter_striden_p%C3%A5_Sams%C3%B6.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Hjalmars_avsked_av_Orvar_Odd_efter_striden_p%C3%A5_Sams%C3%B6.jpg/330px-Hjalmars_avsked_av_Orvar_Odd_efter_striden_p%C3%A5_Sams%C3%B6.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Hjalmars_avsked_av_Orvar_Odd_efter_striden_p%C3%A5_Sams%C3%B6.jpg/440px-Hjalmars_avsked_av_Orvar_Odd_efter_striden_p%C3%A5_Sams%C3%B6.jpg 2x" data-file-width="680" data-file-height="554" /></a><figcaption>Hjalmar dying, painting by <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A5rten_Eskil_Winge" title="Mårten Eskil Winge">Mårten Eskil Winge</a> (1866).</figcaption></figure> <p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Orvar-Odd" class="mw-redirect" title="Orvar-Odd">Orvar-Odd</a>'s saga</i>, <a href="/wiki/Hjalmar" class="mw-redirect" title="Hjalmar">Hjalmar</a> laments his dying: </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td> <blockquote><div class="poem"> <p>Sék hvar sitja <br /> Sigtúnum á <br /> fljóð þaus löttu <br /> farar mik þaðan ; <br /> gleðrat Hjálmar <br /> í höll konungs <br /> öl né rekkar <br /> of aldr síðan.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div></blockquote> </td> <td> <blockquote><div class="poem"> <p><i>I see where they sit</i><br /> <i>at home in <b>Sigtun</b>,</i><br /> <i>the girls who begged</i><br /> <i>me not to go;</i><br /> <i>no joy for Hjalmar</i><br /> <i>in the hall after this,</i><br /> <i>with ale and men,</i><br /> <i>ever again.</i><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div></blockquote> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The location is also mentioned in other poems by the 11th-century skalds <a href="/wiki/%C3%9Ej%C3%B3%C3%B0%C3%B3lfr_Arn%C3%B3rsson" title="Þjóðólfr Arnórsson">Þjóðólfr Arnórsson</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Valgarðr á Velli<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Arn%C3%B3rr_%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0arson" class="mw-redirect" title="Arnórr Þórðarson">Arnórr Þórðarson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gesta_Danorum"><i>Gesta Danorum</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Signhildsberg&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Gesta Danorum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Saxo_Grammaticus" title="Saxo Grammaticus">Saxo Grammaticus</a> writes in Book 8 of <i><a href="/wiki/Gesta_Danorum" title="Gesta Danorum">Gesta Danorum</a></i> that Sigmund, one of the warriors of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Yngling" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Yngling">House of Yngling</a>, came from what is chronologically Old Sigtuna to fight at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Br%C3%A5valla" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Bråvalla">Battle of Bråvalla</a>: </p> <dl><dd>They likewise held the god Frey to be the founder of their race. Amongst these from the town of Sigtun also came Sigmund, a champion advocate, versed in making contracts of sale and purchase; besides him Frosti surnamed Bowl: allied with him was Alf the Lofty (Proud?) from the district of Upsala; this man was a swift spear-thrower, and used to go in the front of the battle.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Archaeology">Archaeology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Signhildsberg&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Archaeology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are two large ruins that had been two large three-aisled halls, a series of terraces just above the shore-line of the <a href="/wiki/Germanic_Iron_Age" class="mw-redirect" title="Germanic Iron Age">Germanic Iron Age</a>, traces of a harbour, a large mound and a number of smaller <a href="/wiki/Grave_field" title="Grave field">grave fields</a>. Excavations have dated the remains to the <a href="/wiki/Vendel_Age" class="mw-redirect" title="Vendel Age">Vendel Age</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/Germanic_Iron_Age" class="mw-redirect" title="Germanic Iron Age">Germanic Iron Age</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Viking_Age" title="Viking Age">Viking Age</a>, i.e., from the 6th century until the 11th century.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Signhildsberg&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was an <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mediaeval" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediaeval">mediaeval</a> royal estate (see <a href="/wiki/Uppsala_%C3%B6d" title="Uppsala öd">Uppsala öd</a>) and it was located strategically at the waterway to <a href="/wiki/Old_Uppsala" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Uppsala">Old Uppsala</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Temple_at_Uppsala" title="Temple at Uppsala">Temple at Uppsala</a>. In the 10th century, the name was transferred to modern <a href="/wiki/Sigtuna" title="Sigtuna">Sigtuna</a>, which apparently assumed many of its functions. </p> <ul><li>It is mentioned in the 1170s when <a href="/wiki/Pope_Alexander_III" title="Pope Alexander III">Pope Alexander III</a> addresses king <a href="/wiki/Knut_Eriksson" title="Knut Eriksson">Knut Eriksson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jarl_(title)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jarl (title)">Jarl</a> <a href="/wiki/Birger_Brosa" title="Birger Brosa">Birger Brosa</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Svenskt_Diplomatarium" title="Svenskt Diplomatarium">Svenskt Diplomatarium</a> I nr 852. Originalbrev</i>). The pope demands that they return to the archbishop of Uppsala (until 1270 the name referred to <a href="/wiki/Gamla_Uppsala" title="Gamla Uppsala">Gamla Uppsala</a>) the villages <i>Strom</i> (Ström in the parish of Norrsunda), <b>Fornesitune</b> and <i>Guazbro</i> (probably <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vadsbro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vadsbro (page does not exist)">Vadsbro</a>). The villages had earlier belonged to the bishop of <a href="/wiki/Sigtuna" title="Sigtuna">Sigtuna</a>, but they had been confiscated by the crown when the <a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">bishopric</a> had been moved to <a href="/wiki/Gamla_Uppsala" title="Gamla Uppsala">Gamla Uppsala</a>.</li> <li>In 1299, <a href="/wiki/Birger,_King_of_Sweden" title="Birger, King of Sweden">Birger Magnusson</a>, the son of <a href="/wiki/Magnus_Ladul%C3%A5s" title="Magnus Ladulås">Magnus Ladulås</a>, spent some time in Old Sigtuna as one of his letters was written in <b>Sightonia Antiqua</b> (in Malmberg, Ernst: <i>Svenska slott och herresäten</i>) or <b>apud antiquam Sightoniam</b><sup id="cite_ref-Friesen_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Friesen-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The difference seems to be a matter of presenting the name in the nominal case or preserving the case in which the name appeared in the original text.</li> <li>In 1315, according to <i>Svenskt Diplomatarium (SD) III nr 2032 (s.228)</i>, <a href="/wiki/Eric,_Duke_of_S%C3%B6dermanland" class="mw-redirect" title="Eric, Duke of Södermanland">Erik Magnusson</a> was bestowed a part of Old Sigtuna, which is called <b>Siktonia vetus</b> (<i>vetus</i> being Latin for "old"). Neighbouring properties are also named: <i>Norgungi</i> (Norränge in Håtuna) and <i>Frötunum</i> (Frötuna in Håbo-Tibble)<sup id="cite_ref-Malmberg_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malmberg-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1541, according to <i>Kammar-ark.: jordeböcker, Uppland 1541 nr 5</i>, the location is named as one of <a href="/wiki/Gustav_I_Vasa" class="mw-redirect" title="Gustav I Vasa">Gustav I Vasa</a>'s estates and spelled <b>Forsictuna</b>, <b>Foorsictuna</b> and <b>Fforssiiktwna</b> (in Malmberg, Ernst: <i>Svenska slott och herresäten</i>).</li> <li>In 1542, according to <i>Gustav Vasas jordebok</i> are mentioned <b>Foorsictuna</b> and <i>Norringe</i> (Norränge)<sup id="cite_ref-Friesen_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Friesen-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1551, according to <i>Sven Nielssons jordebok för Stäkets län</i>, it is mentioned as the royal estate of <b>Forsictuna</b> (Malmberg, Ernst: <i>Svenska slott och herresäten</i> and Friesen: <i>Om staden Sigtunas ålder</i>).</li> <li>In 1567, it is mentioned as <b>Foder Sictuna</b> in the province of <a href="/wiki/Uppland" title="Uppland">Uppland</a><sup id="cite_ref-Friesen_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Friesen-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Malmberg_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malmberg-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the 17th century, the name <b>Försigtuna</b> is used on a map (<i>Lantmät.verk. Gävle</i>).</li></ul> <p>Since the 17th century, the location has been a manor named <i>Signhildsberg</i> or <i>Signesberg</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Signhildsberg&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-sv-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-sv_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sv_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Entry <i>Sigtuna</i> in Svenskt ortnamnslexikon. Ed. Mats Wahlberg. Institutet för språk och folkminnen, Uppsala 2003.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-koch-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-koch_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Koch, John T. (2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wales.ac.uk/Resources/Documents/Centre/2020/Celto-Germanic2020.pdf">CELTO-GERMANIC Later Prehistory and Post-Proto-Indo-European vocabulary in the North and West</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030120160939/http://www.algonet.se/~ukforsk/nya/signberg.htm">Börje Sandén. Studieanteckningar som grund för kapitlet Några kronologiskt ordnade data i boken Fornsigtuna - En Kungsgårds historia. 1991.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Heimskringla; or, Chronicle of the Kings of Norway: Translated from the Icelandic of Snorro Sturleson, with a preliminary dissertation</i>, tr. <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Laing_(travel_writer)" title="Samuel Laing (travel writer)">Samuel Laing</a>, 3 volumes, London: Longman, 1844, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/504839499">504839499</a>, Volume 1, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=svjUAAAAMAAJ&dq=at+the+place+now+called+Old+Sigtun.+There+he+erected+a+large+temple%2C+where+there+were+sacrifices+according+to+the+customs+of+the+Asaland+people.&pg=PA220">p. 220</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Ynglinga saga</i> ch. 31, Laing tr. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=svjUAAAAMAAJ&q=There+King+Solve+was+victorious%2C+and+was+afterwards+king+of+the+Swedish+dominions+for+a+long+time%2C+until+at+last+the+Swedes+betrayed+him&pg=PA220">p. 246</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Ólafs saga helga</i> ch. 4, Laing tr. Volume 2, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=y5YBAAAAYAAJ&q=stone-heaps+">p. 4</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://abdn.ac.uk/skaldic/db.php?table=verses&id=5277"><i>Lausavísur</i>, Hjálmarr inn hugumstóri</a>, at Skaldic Arts.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Peter Tunstall, <i>The Saga of Hervor & King Heidrek the Wise</i>, 2003.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au/db.php?table=poems&id=443"><i>Magnússflokkr</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110330113949/http://skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au/db.php?table=poems&id=443">Archived</a> 2011-03-30 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, at Skaldic Arts.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://abdn.ac.uk/skaldic/db.php?table=poems&id=496">Poem about Harald Hardrada</a>, at Skaldic Arts.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au/db.php?table=poems&id=102"><i>Magnússdrápa</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110330113936/http://skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au/db.php?table=poems&id=102">Archived</a> 2011-03-30 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, at Skaldic Arts.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus: With some considerations on Saxo's sources, historical methods, and folk-lore</i>, tr. <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Elton" title="Oliver Elton">Oliver Elton</a> with <a href="/wiki/Frederick_York_Powell" title="Frederick York Powell">Frederick York Powell</a>, Publications of the Folk-Lore Society 33, London: Nutt, 1894, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kPEeAAAAMAAJ&dq=They+likewise+held+the+god+Frey+to+be+the+founder+of+their+race.+Amongst+these+from+the+town+of+Sigtun+also+came+Sigmund+Saxo&pg=PA313">p. 313</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Nationalencyklopedin" title="Nationalencyklopedin">Nationalencyklopedin</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Friesen-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Friesen_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Friesen_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Friesen_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Friesen: <i>Om staden Sigtunas ålder</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Malmberg-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Malmberg_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Malmberg_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Malmberg, Ernst: <i>Svenska slott och herresäten</i></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_Sources">Other Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Signhildsberg&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Nationalencyklopedin" title="Nationalencyklopedin">Nationalencyklopedin</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030120160939/http://www.algonet.se/~ukforsk/nya/signberg.htm">A historical review of the name, from which the information about the name and dates is taken</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_reading">Related reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Signhildsberg&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Related reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Jonas Ros: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://samla.raa.se/xmlui/bitstream/handle/raa/3025/2002_161.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y"><i>Sigtuna och folklanden : den tidiga Sigtunamyntningen och den politiska</i></a> (Fornvännen 2002(97):3, s. 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