Iceland wants an ancient Norse manuscript that tells tales of Viking heroes, gods and myths back from Denmark at any cost
They recount tales of Viking raids, Norse history, kings and gods: a priceless collection of mediaeval manuscripts, bequeathed by an Icelandic scholar to the University of Copenhagen in the 18th century, that Iceland now wants back.
The jewel of the collection is an almost complete early 15th century copy of "Heimskringla" — the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas, originally written in the 13th century by Icelandic poet and historian Snorri Sturluson. Each time a document from the collection is borrowed from the university, it is insured for up to five million kroner .Keen to ensure good relations with its former colony, Denmark granted Iceland's recurring request to return part of the collection in the 1960s. A treaty signed in 1965 divvied up the goods.
She has raised the profile of the issue and linked it to the construction of a new institute dedicated to Magnusson, which will hold an exhibition of mediaeval documents. The two nations have an intertwined history, Iceland having been under Danish rule from the 1600s until it declared independence in 1944.
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