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Rognvald the Mountain-high

Figure attested in the record through relationships only; no narrative citations in current extraction set.

1 citations1 sources1 traditions6 relationships

Rognvald the Mountain-high was "a son of Olaf Geirstadalf, the brother of King Halfdan the Black" according to the Heimskringla's preface (Heimskringla, Preface Of Snorre Sturlason). This genealogical connection places him in the Norwegian royal line through the Yngling dynasty.

Heimskringla

The Heimskringla provides a single citation from the preface of Snorri Sturlason, establishing Rognvald's parentage. No narrative episodes involving him survive in the current extraction set.