Grimkel
Court-bishop of King Olaf Haraldson who sat within the king's high-seat, attested in the Heimskringla.
Grimkel was the court-bishop of King Olaf Haraldson, attested in the Heimskringla. He "sat within the king's high-seat, with other priests beside him," while the king's marshal Bjorn sat in the opposite high-seat (Heimskringla, Of King Olaf's Household).
The Heimskringla's single attestation places Grimkel within the spatial hierarchy of Olaf's court, where the bishop's proximity to the king's seat signifies his importance in the administration. His position within the high-seat, flanked by other priests, reflects the integration of the Church into the Norwegian royal household during Olaf's Christianization campaigns.
Appears in: Beings, Entities in Heimskringla, Norse Tradition