Abbreviations

Arn. Magn. Samlingar - Arni Magnusson's Manuscript Collection, Copenhagen

sagas and documents about Iceland, Norway and Denmark collected by this Icelandic historian, 1663-1730.

CNH - Cappelens History of Norway, Volumes 1-15, Oslo, 1976-80.

DN - Diplomatarium Norvegicum

which is a collection of Norwegian historical documents which are older than circa 1570, I-XXII, published in Christiania/Oslo from 1849 to 1992 - Oslo was called Christiana until 1924.

HT - Historical Journal, Christiania/Oslo, 1871-.

KLNM - History of Culture Encyclopedia for the Nordic Middle Ages, I-XXII, Oslo, 1956-1978.

NBL - Norwegian Biographical Encyclopedia, I-XIX, Christiania/Oslo, 1923-1983.

NgL - Norway's Ancient Laws, until 1387, I-V, Christiania, 1846-95,

second section 1388-1604, Ia-b, Iia-b and III, Christiania/Oslo, 1912-1981.

NH - Norway's History by Andreas Holmsen, Oslo 1961.

NK - Norway's Church History by Sigurd Kolsrud, I. Middle Ages, Oslo, 1958.

NSHT - Norwegian Family History Journal, Oslo 1928-.

NU - The End of Norway's Power by O.A. Johnsen, Christiania, 1924

RA - National Archives

RB - Bishop Eystein's Cadaster, The Red Book

An inventory of the ecclesiastical property in the Oslo Diocese around the year 1400, published by H.J. Huitfeldt, Christiania, 1879.

Söderwall - K.T. Söderwall: Dictionary of the Swedish language in the Middle Ages, Lund 1921-1952.

UB - The University Library in Oslo.

The references are always to the pages. DN I 369 or RB 572 means Diplomatarium Norvegicum I, page 369, and The Red Book, Bishop's Eystein's Cadaster, page 572.

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