Back to personalities catalog
Historical FigureFemale

Sigrid Storråda

968 – 1014

About this person

Wikipedia Summary

Sigrid the Haughty is a Scandinavian queen appearing in Norse sagas. Sigrid is named in several late and sometimes contradictory Icelandic sagas composed generations after the events the stories describe, but there is no reliable, historical evidence attesting to the veracity of her depiction in those tales. She is reported by Heimskringla to have been the wife of Eric the Victorious of Sweden, as being sought after by Olaf Tryggvasson, and then married to Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark. Snorri Sturluson, however, says that Sweyn was married not to Sigrid but to a different woman.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
January 1, 968
Date of death
January 1, 1014
Citizenship

Sweden · Kingdom of Denmark

Occupations & fields
consort
Field and occupation
manželka švédského krále Erika Vítězného a dánského krále Svena Vidlího vouse
Wikipedia articles:

Other notable figures named Sigrid

Get inspired by other figures bearing this name across history and modern times.

Sigrid Undsetová
NO
1882 – 1949Historical Figure

Norwegian writer (1882–1949)

Sigrid
NO
born 1996Notable Figure

Norwegian singer

Sigrid Kaag
NL
born 1961Notable Figure

Dutch diplomat and politician

Sigrid Hjertén
SE
1885 – 1948Historical Figure

Swedish modernist painter (1885-1948)