Astrid Njalsdotter According to Hervarar saga was she the norwegianborn mother to the Swedish king Stenkil. All our knowledge about her come from this source and it read as follows: Hervarar saga ok Heidhreks is a fornaldarsaga from the 13th century using material from an older saga. ... Stenkil (Old Norse Steinkel) (1028–1066) was a Jarl and King of Sweden from 1060 to his death. ...
There was a powerful high-born man in Sweden called Steinkel. His mother was Astrid, the daughter of Njal Finnson the Squinter from Halogaland, and his father was Rognvald the Old. Tromsø, by Peder Balke, 1804–1887. ...
Her husband Ragnvald is usually identified with Ragnvald Ulfsson, the earl of Staraya Ladoga. This identification must however be regarded as guesswork since it is not supported by any other source. The icelandic sagas mention a wife and two sons to Ragnvald Ulfsson but none are identical with Stenkil or his mother Astrid. Ragnvald Ulfsson the Old, Jarl of Westrogothia ca 1010-1020, and later of Staraja Ladoga and Ingria. ... For other uses, see Earl (disambiguation). ... The fortress of Ladoga was built in stone in the 12th century and rebuilt 400 years later. ...
Ragnvald delivers Astrid at Sarpsborg in Norway and she is married to the king after Christmas, 1019.
However, when Ingegerd Olofsdotter married Jaroslav, Ingegerd managed to arrange that Rangvald became the jarl of Staraja Ladoga (Aldeigjuborg) and Ingria, and Olof let him depart with Ingegerd in the summer of 1019.
Married 2) to AstridNialsdotter of the House of Skjalg in Halogaland in Norway.
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