Samsø is an island in the North Sea bay of Kattegat 15 kilometers off the Jutland Peninsula. Samsø is located in Samsø municipality. Samsø, Denmark Created from other Wikipedia maps of Denmark File links The following pages link to this file: Samsø Categories: GFDL images ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... The Baltic Sea The Kattegat, or Kattegatt, is a bay of the North Sea and a continuation of the Skagerrak, bounded by Denmark and Sweden. ... Jutland Peninsula Jutland (Danish: Jylland, German: Jütland) is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany, dividing the North Sea from the Baltic Sea. ... Samsø municipality, a municipality in central Denmark, in the county of Aarhus. ...

General Information

The island is very popular among french and irish people for strawberry picking during the month of June and July every year. Species see text The strawberry (Fragaria) is a genus of plants in the Family Rosaceae (Rose Family), and the fruit of these plants. ...

Norse mythology

On this island, Saxo Grammaticus relates that there was a legendary battle when the Swedish champion Hjalmar and his friend Orvar-Odd fought against the twelve sons of the Swedish beserker Arngrim. This battle was once famous, since it also figures in Faroese ballads, in Orvar-Odd's saga and in Hervarar saga. Norse mythology, Viking mythology or Scandinavian mythology refer to the pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian people, including those who settled on Iceland, where the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled. ... Saxo, etching by the Danish-Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe (1857—1945) Saxo Grammaticus (estimated. ... Hjalmar proposes to Ingeborg Hjalmar was a Swedish hero who figures in the Hervarar saga and in Orvar-Odds saga. ... Orvar-Odd (i. ... Arngrim was a berserker, who figures in Hervarar saga, Gesta Danorum, Lay of Hyndla, a number of Faroese ballads and Orvar-Odds saga in Norse mythology. ... A ballad is a story in song, usually a narrative song or poem. ... Orvar-Odd (i. ... Hervarar saga ok Heidhreks is a fornaldarsaga from the 13th century using material from an older saga. ...

According to Hervarar saga and the Waking of Angantyr, the mounds of the slain beserkers were haunted. This did not stop Arngrim's grand-daughter Hervor from approaching the mounds and demanding the enchanted sword Tyrfing from her father Angantyr. Hervarar saga ok Heidhreks is a fornaldarsaga from the 13th century using material from an older saga. ... The Waking of Angantyr or the Incantation of Hervor is a poem in the Poetic Edda, which is also found in the Hervarar saga. ... Hervor was a shieldmaiden in the cycle of the magic sword Tyrfing, presented in Hervarar saga and of which parts are found in the Edda. ... Tyrfing was a sword that appears in the poem from the Elder Edda called The Waking of Angantýr, and in Hervarar saga. ... Hjorvard and Hjalmar propose to Ingeborg Angantyr was the name of three characters from the same line in Norse mythology, and who appear in Hervarar saga, the Poetic Edda (the Waking of Angantyr and the Battle of the Goths and Huns) and in Gesta Danorum. ...

External links

• Official municipality website (http://www.samsoe.dk)