The Heimskringla on Ketil Jamte

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 14. Jamtaland And Helsingjaland.

• attestation: Ketil Jamte, son of Earl Onund of Sparabu, led a great multitude eastward across the mountains, clearing forests and establishing farms in the land called Jamtaland.

  "Ketil Jamte, a son of Earl Onund of Sparabu, went eastward across the mountain ridge, and with him a great multitude, who took all their farm-stock and goods with them. They cleared the woods, and established large farms, and settled the country afterwards called Jamtaland."

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 147. Of The Jamtaland People.

• attestation: Ketil Jamte, son of Earl Onund of Sparby in the Throndhjem district, fled from King Eystein Illrade and settled the province of Jamtaland.

  "There was once a man called Ketil Jamte, a son of Earl Onund of Sparby, in the Throndhjem district. He fled over the ridge of mountains from Eystein Illrade, cleared the forest, and settled the country now called the province of Jamtaland."

• relationship: Ketil Jamte was the son of Earl Onund of Sparby.

  "Ketil Jamte, a son of Earl Onund of Sparby"