[[File:Olav Trygvasons saga - Uvaeret, Hjoerungavaag - G. Munthe.jpg|right|thumb|300 px|''Storm in Hjørungavåg''<br> Gerhard Munthe]]
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The battle is described in the Norse [[kings' sagas]]—such as ''[[Heimskringla]]''—as well as in ''[[Jómsvíkinga saga]]'' and [[Saxo Grammaticus]]' ''[[Gesta Danorum]]''. [[Saxo Grammaticus]] estimated that the battle took place while [[Harald Bluetooth]] was still alive. Traditional has set the battle during the year 986. Those late literary accounts are fanciful but historians believe that they contain a kernel of truth.
La battaglia viene descritta nelle [[Saghe dei re]] norrene, come la ''[[Heimskringla]]'', la ''[[Jómsvíkinga saga]]'' ed il ''[[Gesta Danorum]]'' di [[Saxo Grammaticus]]. Saxo Grammaticus stimò che la battaglia ebbe luogo mentre Aroldo I era ancora in vita. Solitamente si posiziona lo scontro nell'anno [[986]]. I racconti postumi sono romanzati, ma gli storici credono che contengano un fondo di verità.
Some contemporary [[skaldic poetry]] alludes to the battle, including verses by [[Þórðr Kolbeinsson]] and [[Tindr Hallkelsson]]. The battle has also been the subject of later poems and sagas. ''[[Jómsvíkingadrápa]]'' by Bjarni Kolbeinsson honors the fallen Jomsvikings at the Battle of Hjörungavágr.''[[Vellekla]]'', composed by the Icelandic skald [[Einarr Helgason]], speaks of the Battle of Hjörungavágr. ''[[Fagrskinna]]'', contains a history of Norway with a heavy emphasis on battles, including the Battle of Hjörungavágr. <ref>[http://www.dur.ac.uk/medieval.www/absfile9.htm Slupecki, Leszek P. ''Facts and Fancy in Jómsvíkinga saga''. (abstract)] </ref>▼
''[[Jómsvíkinga saga]]'' offers two mutually contradictory descriptions of the bay in which the battle took place. According to the first one, Hjorungavágr lies on the landward side of the island Hoð (now [[Hareidlandet]], an island in [[Møre og Romsdal]]). According to the other, the bay is situated south of an island called Primsigð/Primsignd and north of an island called Horund. Both of these names are unknown today.<ref>[http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~alvismal/9slaget.pdf John Megaard, "Hvor sto 'Slaget i Hjörungavágr'?: Jomsvikingeberetningens stedsnavn og Sæmundr fróði" ''Alvíssmál'' 9 (1999): 29–54 (English summary, p. 54)]</ref>▼
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