Chronicon Roskildense

A later addition from the reign of King Valdemar I of Denmark, of a few more pages, takes the chronicle to 1157 when King Valdemar I gains the throne of Denmark; these additional pages are mostly direct quotes from other sources.

At times the author can seem very bitter and blinded by politic; however, this fact also makes this chronicle a very interesting piece of work.

The early part of the work is in many cases based on Adam of Bremen's Descriptio insularum Aquilonis, sometimes even using direct quotes.

Olaf "II" Haraldsen, the son of Harald Kesja who is killed in 1143, is still alive as of the writing.

[3] The original manuscript is lost today and the chronicle exists now only in copies made in the 13th, 16th and 17th centuries.