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Haukr or Hauk Erlendsson (died 1334; Modern Icelandic: Haukur Erlendsson [ˈhœyːkʏr ˈɛrˌlɛn(t)sˌsɔːn]) was lawspeaker (lawman) of Iceland, later lawspeaker and knight of Norway, known for having compiled a number of Icelandic sagas and other materials mostly in his own hand, bound in a book called the Hauksbók after him.
In Sweden, this office was the most important one of regional governments, where each lagsaga (usually the same as the traditional province) was the jurisdiction of a lawspeaker who was subordinate to the lawspeaker of Tiundaland. The lawspeaker presided over the things, worked as a judge and formulated the laws that had been decided by the people.
Medieval Scandinavian law, also called North Germanic law, [1] [2] [3] was a subset of Germanic law practiced by North Germanic peoples.It was originally memorized by lawspeakers, but after the end of the Viking Age they were committed to writing, mostly by Christian monks after the Christianization of Scandinavia.
Folkvid was the lawspeaker of Värmland during the second half of the 12th century. He was the father of Håkon Galen , an earl whose son Knut Håkonsson was a claimant for the Norwegian throne . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The office of lögréttumaður existed in Icelandic society from the end of the Icelandic Commonwealth around 1262 until the abolition of the Alþingi in 1800.. A legislature (Icelandic: lögrétta) had existed in Iceland since the foundation of Alþingi, and the goðar and their advisers had places in it, but when Icelanders came under the rule of the King of Norway, the role of the ...
Hauksbók is associated with an Icelandic lawspeaker named Haukr Erlendsson: although the work of several scribes, the vast majority is in Haukr's hand. [2] Palaeographical evidence allowed Professor Stefán Karlsson, director of the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies , to date the manuscript to between 1302 and 1310. [ 3 ]
Each year, nearly 1.4 percent of Norway's GDP is spent on early childhood programs, compared with less than 0.4 percent in America. Public funding covers 85 percent of operating costs for child ...
Snorri, Órækja, and Þorleifur requested permission to return home. As the king now could not predict Snorri's behavior, permission was denied. He was explicitly ordered to remain in Norway on the basis of his honorary rank. Skúli on the other hand gave permission and helped them book passage. [citation needed]