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Óláfr Þórðarson was an
Icelandic
skald and
scholar who was born about
1210 and died in
1259. He is usually called
Óláfr hvítaskáld ("Olaf the white skald") in contrast to a contemporary skald called
Óláfr svartaskáld ("Olaf the black skald"). Óláfr was the paternal nephew of
Snorri Sturluson and spent his youth in Snorri's home where he'd an important part of his scholarly education. Particular important is his Grammatical Treatise.
After his father's death in 1237, he travelled to
Norway, where he stayed with king
Haakon IV of Norway and
Jarl Skule, before he went to
Denmark and its king
Valdemar I of Denmark. He probably also visited king
Eric XI of Sweden. In 1240, he served as king Haakon's
housecarl in the
Battle of Oslo.
Back in
Iceland, he was the island's
lawspeaker from 1252 to 1256. He became a famous skald and composed poems about the three Scandinavian kings, which are partially included in the
Knýtlinga saga, which he probably made from material he collected in Denmark.
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