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 Abt 0450 - Abt 0500 (50 years)
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SVAFRLAMISDOTTER Eyfura |
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Abt 0450 |
Scandinavia  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
Abt 0500 |
| Notes |
- According to two versions of Hervor's Saga, Eyfura was the daughter of king Svafrlami, son of king Sigrlami, who was said to be a son of Odin. Svafrlami and Sigrlami before him had a kingdom in Sweden. The lands of king Svafrlami were raided by Arngrim the Berserker, who took the king's enchanted sword Tyrfing and killed him and several others with it, and then took Eyfura with him back to his home on Bolm in Hålogaland and married her.
In another version of the Saga, Eyfura was the daughter of Sigrlami, and both she and the sword Tyrfing were given to Arngrim as a reward for his service as Sigrlami's war chief. In this version. Bolm is in Småland in Sweden.
In all three versions, and in Gesta Danorum and Lay of Hyndla, Arngrim and Eyfura had twelve sons who all were berserkers; the greatest of them was Angantyr. All twelve sons were killed and buried on Samsø after challenging Hjalmar and Orvar-Odd.
Research Notes
Hervor's Saga was compiled in the 1200s and shows the occasional element of probable Christianity, such as Christmas eve and pouring water over an infant to name and claim it.
In the Gesta Danorum, she was a daughter of king Frodi of Denmark, and Arngrim had to defeat the Saamis and the Bjarmians before Frodi would let them marry.
In Lay of Hyndla, she and Arngrim live on Bolmsø; their backstory is not given.
Sources
https://heimskringla.no/wiki/Hervarar_saga_ok_Hei%C3%B0reks accessed May 2024
https://heimskringla.no/wiki/Sverdet_Tyrfing accessed 1 May 2024
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyfura accessed 1 May 2024
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arngrim accessed 1 May 2024
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svafrlami accessed 1 May 2024
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I58783 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
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