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NOTES 235
Heath of Lyrskog,in Jutland. Magnus the Good, at the time also King
of Denmark, won a decisive victory here in 1043 over a much larger
invading army of Wends. (See also page 240.)
Tronder, one from the region about Trondhjem.
Haakon from Hjorungavaag. Haakon Jarl (970-995) was the last
pagan King in Norway. His defeat in 986 of the Jomsborg vikings,
allies of King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark, ina naval engagement at
Hjorungavaag, a bay in western Norway, was the greatest battle ever
fought in that country.
Vathall, the hall where those slain in battle dwell after death,
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To My Wire. Written in Rome in 1861 or 1862, first printed in
1865. Bjornson’s wife was Karoline Reimers, born December 1, 1835.
They were married on September 11, 1858; she is still living (June,
1915). At the celebration of their golden wedding Bjornson addressed
touching words of gratitude to her, saying at the close: “I know that
you will live longer than I. It will be your lot to cover the sheet over
me. There is much in a man that needs to be covered over. Of our
life, Karoline, you shall have the honor.” See also the poem Those with
Me, page 125, and notes thereto.
Page 56.
In a Heavy Hovr, Written in Italy rather late in 1861, after Bjorn-
son received tidings of the sharp criticism of his drama King Sverre
and of its lack of success on the stage in Christiania, where it was first
performed on October g. Ina letter from Rome to Hans Christian An-
dersen Bjornson wrote on December 10, 1861: “ Ata time when I was
in a mood to write the following verses, which perhaps tell so much
that I need not tell more [the poem is quoted ],—at a time when I, the
man, nay, the product of friendship, was in a mood to write this, it
came just like a Christmas hymn among strangers, to hear that you
had dedicated to me your last four Tales. You... , you had a heart to
remember me, when many friends from tested times did not.”
Page 57.
Kaarr’s Sona. Helga was the daughter of Maddad, a prominent and
wealthy man at Katanes. She came to Orkney, where the ruler, Haa-
kon Earl, fell in love with her and made her his mistress. She bore him
a son, Harald, and lived at Orkney sixteen years in spite of the hate and
disdain showed her by so many, especially by the Earl’s lawful wife.
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