Sigurd (disambiguation)

Sigurd (disambiguation)

Sigurd may refer to:

Several figures from Norse mythology and

*Sigurd, a hero from the "Völsunga Saga"
* Sigurd Ring, the legendary Danish king and father of Ragnar Lodbrok
*Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, the viking warlord and son of Ragnar Lodbrok

Several Norwegian monarchs:
*Sigurd Hart, a king of Ringarike and contemporary of Halfdan the Black
*Sigurd Syr, petty king of Ringarike and father of Harald III of Norway
*King Sigurd I of Norway
*King Sigurd II of Norway

Several Jarls of Orkney:
*Sigurd Eysteinsson, Jarl in the late 9th century
*Sigurd Hlodvirsson, Jarl of Orkney (circa 991-1014), killed at the Battle of Clontarf

A number of pretenders to the Norwegian throne:
*Sigurd Slembe
*Sigurd Markusfostre
*Sigurd Magnusson

Other figures from Scandinavian history:
*Sigurd Haakonsson (circa 895-962), Earl of Lade
*Saint Sigurd of Växjö, also known as Sigfrid
*Siward, Earl of Northumbria, whose Danish name was Sigurd

In art and literature:
* Sigurd (opera), an opera by Ernest Reyer

In music:
*Sigurd, one of the two guitarists and founding members of the blackened death metal band Belphegor

Other uses:
*Sigurd, Utah, a town in Sevier County, Utah, United States
*Sigurd (Fire Emblem), a fictional character from Nintendo's "Fire Emblem" video game franchise, more specifically a Super Famicom game called "Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu"


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