Separate Saga of St. Olaf

It was written in c. 1225 by Snorri Sturluson, who made use of the saga by the priest Styrmir Kárason, now largely lost except for some fragments in Flateyjarbók.

[1] A revised version of the Separate Saga was later incorporated into the Heimskringla (c. 1230), often ascribed to Snorri Sturluson.

Like many other kings' sagas, the work cites skaldic poems for historical verification or literary embroidery.

2 4° in the National Library of Sweden (Kungliga biblioteket), Stockholm.

In the longer prologue, Snorri Sturluson expounds on the historical value of skaldic poetry:

Illustration for Olav den helliges saga Heimskringla Gerhard Munthe: 1899