Jómsvíkinga saga

[1][2] At the time of writing, Wolin, also known as Willon, off the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, was not more than a typical market town of the 13th century.

However, the Jómsvíkinga saga tells the story of its founding, centuries earlier, as the famed Jómsborg by the legendary Danish chieftain Pálna-Tóki.

The Jómsvíkinga saga is centered around the tensions between Haraldr Gormsson of Denmark, Hákon Sigurðarson of Norway, and the Jómsvíkings.

The Jómsvíkings challenged royal authority in the midst of a power struggle between Denmark and Norway.

This battle occurred between the Jarls of Lade and the Danish invasion fleet of King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark.

The third, Codex Holmanius 7, written in the fourteenth century, is shorter than the other versions and gives a brief summary of the saga.