He was also interested in history and culture, and commissioned Saxo Grammaticus to write Gesta Danorum, a comprehensive chronicle of the history of the Danes.

Saxo Grammaticus ' Gesta Danorum was not finished until after the death of Absalon, but Absalon was one of the chief heroic figures of the chronicle, which was to be the main source of knowledge about early Danish history.

Tales concerning the Skjöldungs, possibly originating as early as the 6th century, were later used as a narrative basis in such texts as Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus and Hrólfs saga kraka.

In the 12th century, Danish accounts by Saxo Grammaticus and other Danish Latin chroniclers recorded a euhemerized account of his story.

Saxo Grammaticus wrote in his Gesta Danorum another story about Frigg:

Jacob Grimm noted that if, as Adam of Bremen states, Fosite's sacred island was Heligoland, that would make him an ideal candidate for a deity known to both Frisians and Scandinavians, but that it is surprising he is never mentioned by Saxo Grammaticus.

Gesta Danorum (" Deeds of the Danes ") is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th century author Saxo Grammaticus (" Saxo the Literate ", literally " the Grammarian ").

De danske Kongers og Heltes Historie, skrevet i pyntelig Stil for over 300 Aar siden af Saxo Grammaticus, en Sjællandsfar og Provst ved Kirken i Roskilde, og nu for første Gang oplyst ved et Register og omhyggeligt trykt.

Histories of the Kings and heroes of the Danes, composed in elegant style by Saxo Grammaticus, a Sjællander and also provost of the church of Roskilde, over three hundred years ago, and now for the first time illustrated and printed correctly in a learned compilation.

* N. F. S. Grundtvig, published 1818-1822, title: Danmarks Krønike af Saxo Grammaticus

* Frederik Winkel Horn, published 1898, title: Saxo Grammaticus: Danmarks Krønike

* Oliver Elton, published 1894, title: The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus

* Peter Fisher and Hilda Ellis Davidson, published 1979-1980, title: Saxo Grammaticus: The History of the Danes, Books I-IX

* Eric Christiansen, published 1980-1981, title: Saxo Grammaticus: Danorum regum heroumque historia, books X-XVI

* William F. Hansen, published 1983, title: Saxo Grammaticus and the life of Hamlet

* Hermann Jantzen, published 1900, title: Saxo Grammaticus.

* Hilda Ellis Davidson, Peter Fisher ( trans ), Saxo Grammaticus: The History of the Danes, Books I-IX: I. English Text ; II.

* Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum, Books I-IX, translated to English by Oliver Elton 1905.

* Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum, from the Royal Library in Copenhagen, Danish and Latin.

* Frederik Winkel Horn, Saxo Grammaticus: Danmarks Krønike, Chr.

Shakespeare based Hamlet on the legend of Amleth, preserved by 13th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus in his Gesta Danorum as subsequently retold by 16th-century scholar François de Belleforest.

A facsimile of Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus, which contains the legend of Amleth

Many of the earlier legendary elements are interwoven in the 13th-century Vita Amlethi (" The Life of Amleth ") by Saxo Grammaticus, part of Gesta Danorum.

Saxo Grammaticus & the Life of Hamlet.

Saxo adds that his brothers ' supporters were hanged and that Halfdan continued to reign with great cruelty, but that he reigned long and died peaceably in extreme old age.

Saxo adds that Helgo was a rather tall man.

Pedersen began to send letters to friends all over Denmark, trying to locate the original Saxo work, but they either did not have it or did not want to release it to him.

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An account provided by Saxo Grammaticus in his 12th century work Gesta Danorum records Nanna as a human female, the daughter of King Gevar, and the love interest of both the demi-god Baldr and the human Höðr.

Absalon first appears in Saxo Grammaticus's contemporary chronicle Gesta Danorum at the end of the civil war, at the brokering of the peace agreement between Sweyn III and Valdemar at St. Alban's Priory, Odense.

The Old English poem Widsith ( 9th century ) refers briefly to his victorious single combat, a story which is related at length by the 12th-century Danish historians Saxo and Svend Aggesen.

There is also a Saxo to be found on a list of clergy at Lund, where there was a Sven recorded as Archdeacon.

In early 1996 the Peugeot 106 also formed the basis for the near identical looks and size Citroën Saxo, and at this time the 106 received a facelift which saw all engines get fuel injection and equipment levels raised.

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The third, and arguably the most important record, comes from the Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, who in his Gesta Danorum described the war fought in 1168 by the Danish king Valdemar I against the Wends of Rügen, the conquest of their city at cape Arkona and the destruction of the grand temple of Svantevit that stood there.

Saxo Grammaticus said of the Battle of Fotevik in 1134 that never had so many bishops been killed at the same time.

Saxo speaks of Estonian warriors who sang at night while waiting for an epic battle.

The chief authority for the legend of Hamlet is Saxo Grammaticus, who devotes to it parts of the third and fourth books of his Gesta Danorum, completed at the beginning of the 13th century.

According to various chronicles ( i. e. Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus and Chronica Slavorum by Helmold ), the temple at Jaromarsburg contained a giant wooden statue of Svantevit depicting him with four heads ( or one head with four faces ) and a horn of abundance.

According to Saxo Grammaticus, 300 shieldmaidens fought on the Danish side at the Battle of Bråvalla, in the year 750.

According to Saxo Grammaticus it closed at some time around 1200.

* Saxo Grammaticus ' Gesta Danorum, Book X chapter 7, online at Royal Danish Library.

Though the sources differ, this either happened either inside the church ( Chronicon Roskildense ) or at the royal farm ( Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum ).

The late and legend-influenced Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus names a nobleman Ennignup serving as guardian for a young king Knut at some time prior to king Gorm the Old and it has been suggested he may be a confused representation of Gnupa.

The king of Norway Harald Haarfagers son Håkon was raised at the court of Æthelstans, as part of a peace agreement, so he fits well into the tails told by Saxo.

* Profile at Team Saxo Bank

* Profile at Team Saxo Bank ( source for this article )