Ynglingatal
Skaldic poem tracing thirty of Rognvald's forefathers with their deaths and burial places, beginning with Fjolner.
The Ynglingatal is a skaldic poem that "reckons up thirty of Rognvald's forefathers, giving the death and burial place of each, beginning with Fjolner son of Yngvefrey" (Heimskringla, Preface Of Snorre Sturlason). It serves as one of Snorri Sturlason's key sources for the early history of the Swedish and Norwegian royal lines in the Heimskringla.
The Heimskringla preserves the single attestation for the Ynglingatal, identifying it within Snorri's preface as a genealogical poem tracing the Yngling dynasty. The poem's structure -- thirty forefathers, each with their manner of death and burial place -- makes it both a genealogical record and a chronicle of royal fates (Heimskringla, Preface Of Snorre Sturlason). Its beginning with Fjolner, son of Yngvefrey, establishes the divine origin of the dynasty.