Bibliography I of IV · Annotated

New Works Inspired by Old Norse-Icelandic Literature

A

Ármann Jakobsson. Glæsir. JPV, 2011.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Eyrbyggja saga written in Icelandic

Ármann Jakobsson. Síðasti galdrameistarinn [The Last Sorcerer]. JPV, 2014.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Hrólfs saga kraka written in Icelandic

Ásgeir Jakobsson. Þórður kakali [Thord the Stammerer]. Skuggsjá, 1988.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Sturlunga saga written in Icelandic

B

Bergsveinn Birgisson. Geirmundar saga heljarskinns [The Saga of Geirmund Hellskin]. Bjartur, 2015.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Landnámabók and Grettis saga written in Icelandic

Bjarni Bjarnason. Mannorð [Reputation]. Uppheimar, 2011.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Gautreks saga written in Icelandic

Bjarni Harðarson. Sigurðar saga fóts: Íslensk riddarasaga [Sigurd Foot Saga: Icelandic Romance]. Sæmundur, 2010.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Sigurðar saga fóts written in Icelandic

Bjarni Harðarson. Mörður [Marten]. Sæmundur, 2014.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Njáls saga written in Icelandic

Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir. Njála. Mál og menning, 2002.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Njáls saga written in Icelandic

Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir. Egla. Mál og menning, 2004.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Egils saga written in Icelandic

Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir. Laxdæla. Mál og menning, 2006.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Laxdæla saga written in Icelandic

E

Einar Kárason. Sagan af Gretti sterka [The Saga of Grettir the Strong]. Mál og menning, 1995.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Grettis saga written in Icelandic

Einar Kárason. Óvinafagnaður [Gathering of Foes]. Mál og menning, 2001.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Sturlunga saga written in Icelandic

Einar Kárason. Ofsi [Violence]. Mál og menning, 2008.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Sturlunga saga written in Icelandic

Einar Kárason. Skáld [Poet]. Mál og menning, 2012.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Sturlunga saga written in Icelandic

F

Friðrik Ásmundsson Brekkan. Saga af Bróður Ylfing [Saga of the Wolf Clan Brother]. Þorsteinn M. Jónsson, 1929.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Njáls saga translated into Icelandic from the original Danish

Friðrik Ásmundsson Brekkan. Drottningarkyn [Queen Kin]. Bókfell, 1947.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Njáls saga written in Icelandic

G

Guðmundur Kamban. Vítt sé ég land og fagurt I og II [Far and Wide I See an Enchanting Land: One and Two]. Helgafell, 1945.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga, Eiriks saga rauða, and Eyrbyggja saga translated into Icelandic

Guðlaug Richter. Kappar og konungar [Heroes and Kings]. Mál og menning, 1989.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on various Íslendinga þættir written in Icelandic

H

Halldór Laxness. Gerpla [Wayward Heroes]. Helgafell, 1952.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Fóstbræðra saga and Óláfs saga helga written in Icelandic

Humble, Richard. Leifur heppni [Leif the Lucky]. Translated by Guðrún Magnúsdóttir, Mál og menning, 1991.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in Icelandic

I

Indriði G. Þorsteinsson. Útlaginn [The Outlaw]. Prenthúsið, 1981.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Gísla saga written in Icelandic

J

Jón Daníelsson. Leifur heppni og Vínland hið góða [Leif the Lucky and Vinland the Good]. Íslendingasagnaútgáfan, 2000.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Eiríks saga rauða and Grænlendinga saga written in Icelandic

Jónas Kristjánsson. Veröld víð: Skáldsaga um ævi og örlög Guðríðar Þorbjarnardóttur, víðförlustu konu miðalda. [Wide World: A Poet’s Saga of the Life and Destiny of Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir, A Far-Travelled, Medieval Woman]. Vaka-Helgafell, 1998.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in Icelandic

K

Kristín Steinsdóttir. Vítahringur: Helgusona saga [Vicious Circle: Helga’s Sons’ Story]. Vaka-Helgafell, 2004.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Harðar saga written in Icelandic

N

Njörður P. Njarðvík. Auðunn og ísbjörninn [Audun and the Polar Bear]. Iðunn, 1991.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Auðunnar þáttur written in Icelandic

R

Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir. Hjartsláttur [Heartbeat]. Mál og menning, 2009.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar written in Icelandic

S

Sigrún Davíðsdóttir. Silfur Egils [Egil’s Silver]. Almenna bókafélagið, 1989.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Egils saga written in Icelandic

Svava Jakobsdóttir. Gunnlaðar saga [Gunnloth’s Saga]. Forlagið, 1987.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda written in Icelandic

T

Thor Vilhjálmsson. Morgunþula í stráum [Morning Verse in the Grass]. Mál og menning, 1998.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Sturlunga saga written in Icelandic

Torfhildur Hólm. Kjartan og Guðrún [Kjartan and Gudrun]. Ísafoldarprentsmiðja, 1886.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Laxdæla saga written in Icelandic

Torfi Hjartarson. Egill. Námsgagnastofnun, 1988.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Egils saga written in Icelandic

V

Vilborg Davíðsdóttir. Auður. Mál og menning, 2009.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Laxdæla saga written in Icelandic

Þ

Þórunn Valdimarsdóttir. Kalt er annars blóð [Cold is Another’s Blood]. JPV, 2007.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Njáls saga written in Icelandic

Þórunn Valdimarsdóttir. Mörg eru ljónsins eyru [The Lion has Many Ears]. JPV, 2010.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Laxdæla saga written in Icelandic

Þorsteinn Stefánsson. Grettir sterki [Grettir the Strong]. Translated by Sigrún Klara Hannesdóttir. Skjaldborg, 1991.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Grettis saga written in Icelandic

All 207 entries from the original bibliography.

About these bibliographies

The bibliographies and links were begun in 2019 with the support of the Department of Icelandic Language and Literature and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Manitoba.

The first is annotated with the major sources each new work draws on. None claims to be comprehensive.

Credits

Editors: Christopher Crocker, Dustin Geeraert, Selina Heidinger Web Design & Technical Editor: Ryan E. Johnson Additional Research: Austin Quagleini With thanks to Migration: The 9th UM / University of Iceland Partnership Conference, From Iceland to the Americas, and The Afterlife of Eddas and Sagas.