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	Ancestors and Family of Åsta Gudbrandsdatter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Hun fikk besøk av Olav den Hellige i 1015 og etter Sigurds død i 1018.
		Sigurd was a son of Halfdan, and grandson of Sigurd Hrise, who was a son of Harald Harfager.
		King Sigurd Syr was standing in his corn-field when the messengers came to him and brought him the news, and also told him all that Asta was doing at home in the house.
	nygaard.howards.net /files/1395.htm (829 words)

	EARLY KINGS OF NORWAY by Thomas Carlyle - CHAPTER IX. - KING OLAF THE THICK-SET'S VIKING DAYS,
		Aasta was greatly shocked; composed herself however; married a new husband, Sigurd Syr, a kinglet, and a great-grandson of Harald Fairhair, a man of great wealth, prudence, and influence in those countries; in whose house, as favorite and well-beloved stepson, little Olaf was wholesomely and skilfully brought up.
		Sigurd was cautious, prudentially cunctatory, though heartily friendly in his counsel to Olaf as to the King question.
		Sigurd promises to consult farther in his neighborhood, and to correspond by messages; the result is, Olaf resolutely pushing forward himself, resolves to call a Thing, and openly claim his kingship there.
	www.globusz.com /ebooks/Norway/00000020.htm (2024 words)

	De fire kongene fra Hole
		Han fikk tilnavnet Syr - gris - fordi han gikk og stelte med jordene sine på Stein - noe som var uvanlig i de tider - framfor å bli en virkelig konge.
		Sigurd Halfdansson married Åsta Gudbrandsdotter, the widow of Harald Grenske.
		His parents were Sigurd Syr and Åsta Gudbrandsdotter, so he was the half brother of St. Olav.
	www.hole.no /html/body_historien.html (1339 words)

	Heimskringla: Saga of Olaf Haraldson: Part I
		King Sigurd immediately saluted his stepson from horseback in a friendly way, and invited him and his men to come in and drink a cup with him.
		King Sigurd got men to take charge of their clothes, and give their horses corn; and then he himself went to his high-seat, and the feast was made with the greatest splendour.
		To these district-kings whom Sigurd had assembled he set forth his stepson Olaf's purpose, and asked their aid, both of men and in counsel and consent; and represented to them how necessary it was to cast off the yoke which the Danes and Swedes had laid upon them.
	sunsite.berkeley.edu /OMACL/Heimskringla/haraldson1.html (10943 words)

	Sigurd Syr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sigurd was stepfather of King Olaf Haraldsson and father of Harald III of Norway.
		His nickname Syr means "sow", and was not complementary
		This page was last modified 15:28, 18 April 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sigurd_Syr (69 words)

	Descendants and Ancestors of David Kincaid - Person Page 299 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sigurd Hrisi of Norway (the Bastard) was the son of Harald I of Norway (Hårfager, the Fairhaired) and Sanefrid of Ringerike (concubine of Harald I of Norway).
		Harald III Hårdråde was the son of Sigurd Syr and Åsta Gudbrandsdotter.
		Sigurd Sleva Eriksson was the son of Eric I Haraldsson (Bloodaxe) and Gunnhild of Denmark.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~lawrpaul/kincaid-p/p299.htm (913 words)

	Saga Of Olaf Haraldson. (1) Page 1
		Sigurd his stepfather was a careful householder, who kept his people closely to their work, and often went about himself to inspect his corn-rigs and meadowland, the cattle, and also the smith-work, or whatsoever his people had on hand to do.
		It happened one day that King Sigurd wanted to ride from home, but there was nobody about the house; so he told his stepson Olaf to saddle his horse.
		Now when King Sigurd came out and saw what Olaf had done, he said "It is easy to see that thou wilt little regard my orders; and thy mother will think it right that I order thee to do nothing that is against thy own inclination.
	www.public-domain-content.com /books/Chronicle_Kings_of_Norway/C7P1.shtml (1669 words)

	Sigurd - susning.nu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sigurd har sin namnsdag i den svenska almanackan den 10 januari tillsammans med Sigbritt ?
		Sigurd är ett fornnordiskt namn sammansatt av Sig som betyder seger och vard som betyder väktare.
		Sigurd var tidigare ett vanligt namn i Norrland, där även en dialektal namnform Sjul var vanlig.
	susning.nu /Sigurd+Strangen (147 words)

	Scandinavia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sigurd's daughter Ragnhild married Halfdan the Black of Vestfold; their son was Harold I Fine-Hair, the unifier of Norway.
		Sigurd (the nickname translates as "Sow", and isn't a compliment) was the father of Harold Hardruler, leader of the Varangians, King of Norway, and often called the "Last of the Vikings".
		Horda-Knut was the son of the Danish King Sigurd II and is possibly identical with Cnut I. Frodhi Knutsson...........................mid-late 800's
	www.hostkingdom.net /scand.html (3552 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sigurd Mund, kung 1133-1137, son of Harald Gille and Tora Guttormsdotter), married (1°) Gunhild, (2°) andra frillor, (3°) Tora, (4°) Christina Sigurd Jorsalafar.
		Harald Hårdråde Haraldsson, born in Ringerike in 1015, kung 1047-1066, died in Stamfordbridge k:a in 1066, son of Sigurd Syr and Åsta), married (1°) Tora Torbergsdotter af Giske, (2°) llisiv (Elisabeth) af Gårdarike(av Novgorod, Kie (daughter of Jaroslav av Novgorod and Ingegerd Olofsdotter).
		Tora Torbergsdotter af Giske, married Harald Hårdråde Haraldsson (born in 1015 in Ringerike and died in 1066 in Stamfordbridge k:a, son of Sigurd Syr and Åsta).
	www.torget.se /users/m/marsj/Gen/Register/Antavla/maranc.htm (6235 words)

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		Sigurd got the nickname from his mother Aslaug who said that she had seen into his eyes and he knows that a dragon is more and other than a man. He know that a dragon lives in the mind of people and enslaves it.
		Sigurd Jarl then took the country as fief from the king, and gave him as hostage his son Hvelp (whelp) or Hundi (dog), whom King Olaf had baptized with the name Hlödver, and taken to Norway.
		When Hákon was slain, he had been Jarl thirty-three winters since the fall of his father, Sigurd Jarl; he was twenty-five when his father fell, and lacked two winters of sixty" (Fornmanna Sögur, i., c.
	www.genealogy.com /users/o/r/m/Charlene-M-Ormsby-FL/FILE/0002text.txt (4083 words)

	Saga of Olav Haraldson: Part I
		Now when King Sigurd came out and saw what Olav had done, he said "It is easy to see that thou wilt little regard my orders; and thy mother will think it right that I order thee to do nothing that is against thy own inclination.
		His dress, it is told, was this: he had a blue kirtle and blue breeches; shoes which were laced about the legs; a grey cloak, and a grey wide-brimmed hat; a veil before his face; a staff in his hand with a gilt-silver head on it and a silver ring around it.
		To these district-kings whom Sigurd had assembled he set forth his stepson Olav's purpose, and asked their aid, both of men and in counsel and consent; and represented to them how necessary it was to cast off the yoke which the Danes and Swedes had laid upon them.
	www.inisfail.com /~ancients/history/heimskringla9.html (10100 words)

	School Maestro Internet Publisher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He knew that he was of kingly birth, and despised his step-father Sigurd Syr, also a descendant of King Harold, but caring more for his crops than for the dreams of ambition.
		Once, when Olaf was ten years old, Sigurd sent him to the stable to saddle and bring out his horse.
		Sigurd Syr, who had married Olaf's mother Aasta, died in 1018, and Olaf came to her house to help in settling her 'affairs.
	www.memoriapress.com /marshill/westciv2reading06a.html (3034 words)

	Olav den Hellige: Olavs barndom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Olav vokste opp på storgården til Sigurd Syr.
		Forholdet til stefaren, Sigurd Syr, var ikke det beste.
		Sigurd på sin side syntes nok Olav var vel uvøren i kjeften og for bråkjekk i mangt og meget.
	www.katolsk.no /biografi/olav/kap_1.htm (400 words)

	Project BookRead - FREE Online Book: Heimskringla, Or The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway by Snorri Sturlson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sigurd was a son of Halfdan, and grandson of
		Sigurd Hrise, who was a son of Harald Harfager.
		Sigurd Syr and his wife allowed themselves to be baptized, along
	tanaya.net /Books/heimskrn/index41.html (1895 words)

	Norse Sagas - The Gold Scales
		Now when King Sigurd came out and saw what Olaf had done, he said "It is easy to see that you will little regard my orders; and your mother will think it right that I order you to do nothing that is against your own inclination.
		His dress, it is told, was this: – he had a blue kirtle and blue breeches; shoes which were laced about the legs; a grey cloak, and a grey wide-brimmed hat; a veil before his face; a staff in his hand with a gilt-silver head on it and a silver ring around it.
		To these district-kings whom Sigurd had assembled he set forth his stepson Olaf's purpose, and asked their aid, both of men and in counsel and consent; and represented to them how necessary it was to cast off the yoke which the Danes and Swedes had laid on them.
	oaks.nvg.org /hk7.html (18453 words)

	Heimskringla - The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway - Saga of Olaf Haraldson - Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		King Sigurd answers, "It is no small affair, King Olaf, thou hast in thy mind; and thy purpose comes more, methinks, from hasty pride than from prudence.
		But it may be there is a wide difference between my humble ways and the high thoughts thou hast; for whilst yet in thy childhood thou wast full always of ambition and desire of command, and now thou art experienced in battles, and hast formed thyself upon the manner of foreign chiefs.
		King Olaf gave his stepfather King Sigurd Syr, and the other chiefs who had assisted him, handsome presents at parting.
	normanniireiks.org /guilds_lore/lore/heimskringla/heimskringla06_01.htm (17047 words)

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		Sigurd Halvdansen Syr became king of Ringerike and married Åse Gudbrandsdatter.
		February of 1018 in Bonsnes, Ringerike, and is sometimes known as Sigurd Halfdansen Syr Bonsnes.
		Halvard Toraldsen was the father of Sigurd Gulsvik Halvardsen, born in 1300.
	scheie.homedns.org /3HistoryOppegaard.htm (5788 words)

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		Erling Skialgson again, and likewise many other lendermen who would not abandon their udal possessions, went north to their homes; and Erling had many people that summer about him.
		When King Olaf and his men saw that the earl had gathered his ships together, Sigurd Syr was in haste for pursuing the earl, and letting steel decide their cause.
		But if they will have their jeer, They may ask their sweethearts dear, Why they have returned shorn Who went to shear that Sunday morn." And also these: -- "Now will the king's power rise, For the Upland men still prize The king who o'er the sea Steers to bloody victory.
	www.lib.umd.edu /ETC/ReadingRoom/Nonfiction/Sturlson/Heimskringla/6 (19253 words)

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		He was born ABT 0975 in Norway, and died 1018.
		Child of Asta [<^] Gudbrandsdottir and Sigurd Syr [@ <^] Halfdansson is:
		She married Thorfin "The Black" Sigurdsson [@ <^] de Orkney ABT 1038, son of Sigurd "Digri" [II @<^] Hlodversson and Anleta (Thora Donada) [@ <^v] MacKenneth.
	worldconnect.rootsweb.com /cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=062447&id=I797 (383 words)

	The MacDonalds of Vally: Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		(See Harald "Grenske" Gudrodson for the continuation of this line.) She married Sigurd Syr Halvdanson in Norway.
		Sigurd was the son of Halvdan Sigurdson King.
		Sigurd Syr Halvdanson for the continuation of this line.)
	www.tunnels.com /ais-1/d0/i0000944.htm (59 words)

	Saga of Saint Olaf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This winter his stepfather Sigurd Syr died; and King Olaf went to Ringerike, where his mother Asta made a great feast for him.
		Hrorek said, "These fellows must be dead drunk to be fighting with each other so: run and separate them." They rushed out; but when they came out upon the steps both of them were killed: the man who went out the last was the first killed.
		Fin the Little shot off an arrow, which hit Thorer in the middle of the body, and was his death; and Sigurd Hit, with his men, ran up into the forest.
	www.scriptoriumnovum.com /l/olaf01.html (19835 words)

	Heimskringla: Saga of Harald Hardrade: Part I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The skalds quoted are: Thiodolf, Bolverk, Illuge Bryndalaskald, Stuf the skald, Thorarin Skeggjason, Valgard o' Val, Od Kikinaskald, Grane Skald, Thorleik the Fair, Stein Herdison, Ulf the Marshal, Arnor the earls' skald, Thorkel Skallason, and King Harald Hardrade himself.
		Harald, son of Sigurd Syr, brother of Olaf the Saint, by the same mother, was at the battle of Stiklestad, and was fifteen years old when King Olaf the Saint fell, as was before related.
		Fin was married to Bergliot, a daughter of Halfdan, who was a son of Sigurd Syr, and brother of Olaf the Saint and of King Harald.
	fire.prohosting.com /nix16/hardrade1.htm (11962 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Sigurd "Syr" Halfdansson
		King Olaf gave Skule his female relative, Gudrun, the daughter of Nefstein, in marriage.
		Her mother was Ingerid, a daughter of Sigurd Syr and Asta, King Olaf the Saint's mother.
		Sigurd married Åsta Gudbrandsdatter, daughter of Gudbrand "Kula" Olafsson and Gunhild Thorasdottir, after 995.
	nygaard.howards.net /files/2/1393.htm (255 words)

	Northvegr - Sverri's Saga
		Beyond comparison, this Saga, presented on such authority, is more trustworthy than others related by various persons, which, however true they may be, have no foundation but tradition alone.
		This Saga which we now propose to relate, tells mainly of King Sverri, son of King Sigurd Munn.
		In the beginning of King Sverri's Saga something is said of his battles.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/sverri/026.php (605 words)

	The not-so-saintly Olaf of Norway
		His father, Harald Grenski, died before Olaf was born, but his mother, Aasta, soon provided the baby boy with a royal stepfather, Sigurd Syr, King of Oppland.
		He had become a christian and at that time travelled throughout Norway, preaching christianity to whomsoever would listen as well as to many who didn't or only reluctantly did because of the reputation of the king.
		This Olaf managed to convince Sigurd of Syr to accept the new faith and Sigurd himself, his family and court were baptized.
	www.artgemeinschaft.org /olafn.htm (2603 words)

	My Family Line
		Parents: SIGURD, KING OF RINGERIKE HJORT and THORNY.
		Children were: BJORN RAGNARSSON, THE SNAKE EYE, KING OF DENMARK SIGURD.
		Sine was born in 1594 in Asweiler, Germany.
	www.exiledangel.com /mcdonald/tree/d30.htm (482 words)

	Saga of Olav Haraldson: Part II
		When King Olav and his men saw that the earl had gathered his ships together, Sigurd Syr was in haste for pursuing the earl, and letting steel decide their cause.
		King Olav gave his stepfather King Sigurd Syr, and the other chiefs who had assisted him, handsome presents at parting.
		This winter (A.D. 1018) his stepfather Sigurd Syr died; and King Olav went to Ringerike, where his mother Asta made a great feast for him.
	www.inisfail.com /~ancients/history/heimskringla10.html (10701 words)

	Saga of Olaf Haraldson - Heimskringla - Snorre Sturlason
		Saga of Sigurd the Crusader and his brothers Eystein and Olaf
		Saga of Sigurd, Inge, and Eystein, the sons of Harald
		But whether ye show any manhood in this affair or not, I know the inclination of the people well, – that all want to be free from the slavery of foreign masters, and will give aid and strength to the attempt.
	www.sepo.net /books/heimskringla/saga-of-olaf-haraldson (20887 words)

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