Torbjorn Hornklofi

Career

His poetry provides the only contemporary sources of information regarding King Harald. A portion of two skaldic poems by him which are preserved are Hrafnsmál and Glymdrápennsylvania

Achievements

• The first poem, which utilizes verse form málaháttr, describes life at Harald"s court, mentions that he took a Danish wife, and that he won a victory at the Battle of Hafrsfjord. The second is a drápa which relates a series of battles Harald won during the consolidation of his rule of Norway.