Ancient kings of Finland

Ancient kings of Finland

Almost nothing is known about the Ancient kings of Finland. Prehistoric Finland probably had chieftains called "kings," as the borrowed Finnish word ("kuningas") has existed in the same meaning in the Finnish language since early Germanic times, but no record on them has survived.

A few sagas briefly mention some of the legendary kings that were said to have also ruled Finland (Fornjot, Snaer, Thorri). [Frá Fornjóti ok hans ættmönnum, [http://www.northvegr.org/lore/oldheathen/073.php] ]

Several unhistorical sagas talk about the kings of "Finns". [Örvar-Odds Saga [http://www.northvegr.org/lore/sagas_oi/027.php] ] [The Wayland-Dietrich Saga [http://www.northvegr.org/lore/dietrich/b001005.php] ] [The Saga of Halfdan Eysteinsson [http://www.northvegr.org/lore/oldheathen/081.php] ] [The Saga of Halfdan Eysteinsson [http://www.northvegr.org/lore/oldheathen/081.php] ] [Introduction to Völundarkviða [http://www.northvegr.org/lore/rydberg/121.php] ] However, the name "Finn" usually refers to Sami people in Norse sagas. Saxo Grammaticus once refers to the King of Finland in a very convoluted context. [Saxo Grammaticus: The History of the Danes [http://www.northvegr.org/lore/saxo/001_02.php] ]

Some possible indirect references to the Kings of Finns or Finland also exist. [Völundarkviða [http://www.waylands.net/public/smithy/volund.htm] ] [Widsith [http://www.soton.ac.uk/~enm/widsith.htm] ] [Saxo Grammaticus: The History of the Danes [http://www.northvegr.org/lore/saxo/009_03.php] ] [The Wayland-Dietrich Saga [http://www.northvegr.org/lore/dietrich/b002001.php] ]

Many pseudo-historical views of the Ancient Kings of Finland can be found on the Internet, including:

* [http://www.kaltio.fi/index.php?81 "Were Viking kings Finnish?]
* [http://www.kaltio.fi/index.php?58 "Götic kings"]
* [http://alignment2012.com/Fornjot.html Fornjot dynasty]
* [http://victorian.fortunecity.com/christy/32/frnjtre.html/ Finnish Royal Family at the "Viking Age" according to Nordic Saga-poetry]

Critical views of the Ancient kings of Finland include:
* [http://agricola.utu.fi/tietosanomat/numero1-04/suomalaiset.html Klaus Lindgren, "New illustrious past"]
* [http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/historia/sivut/ylhitutsem2001/AaltoSirpa.pdf Sirpa Aalto, "Finns, Kvens and Bjarms in Icelandic king sagas. Difficulties to interpret sagas"]

See also

* Kings of Kvenland
* Monarchy of Finland

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