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Yngvars saga víðförla is a legendary saga
Legendary saga

A Legendary saga or Fornaldarsaga is a Norse saga that, unlike the Icelanders' sagas, takes place before the colonization of Iceland....
 said to have been written in the twelfth century by Oddr Snorrason
Oddr Snorrason

Oddr Snorrason was a 12th century Icelandic Benedictine monk at the ?ingeyrar monastery. He wrote a Latin biography of the 10th century Norwegian king ?l?fr Tryggvason....
. Scholars have been skeptical towards this claim but in recent years it has gained more acceptance.

It describes what was the last Viking campaign in the Caspian in 1041, adding much legend to the historical facts. This expedition was launched from Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 by Ingvar the Far-Travelled
Ingvar the Far-Travelled

Ingvar the Far-Travelled was the leader of an unsuccessful Viking attack against Persian Empire, in 1036?1042.There were several Caspian expeditions of the Rus in the course of the 10th century....
 (Ingvar Vittfarne), who went into the land of the Saracens (Serkland
Serkland

In Old Norse sources, such as sagas and runestones, S?rkland or Serkland was the name of the Abbasid Caliphate and probably some neighbouring Muslim regions....
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Yngvars saga víðförla is a legendary saga
Legendary saga

A Legendary saga or Fornaldarsaga is a Norse saga that, unlike the Icelanders' sagas, takes place before the colonization of Iceland....
 said to have been written in the twelfth century by Oddr Snorrason
Oddr Snorrason

Oddr Snorrason was a 12th century Icelandic Benedictine monk at the ?ingeyrar monastery. He wrote a Latin biography of the 10th century Norwegian king ?l?fr Tryggvason....
. Scholars have been skeptical towards this claim but in recent years it has gained more acceptance.

It describes what was the last Viking campaign in the Caspian in 1041, adding much legend to the historical facts. This expedition was launched from Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 by Ingvar the Far-Travelled
Ingvar the Far-Travelled

Ingvar the Far-Travelled was the leader of an unsuccessful Viking attack against Persian Empire, in 1036?1042.There were several Caspian expeditions of the Rus in the course of the 10th century....
 (Ingvar Vittfarne), who went into the land of the Saracens (Serkland
Serkland

In Old Norse sources, such as sagas and runestones, S?rkland or Serkland was the name of the Abbasid Caliphate and probably some neighbouring Muslim regions....
). There, they apparently took part in the Georgian
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
-Byzantine
Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
 Battle of Sasireti
Battle of Sasireti

The Battle of Sasireti took place in 1042 at the village of Sasireti in the present day Shida Kartli region, not far from the town of Kaspi, during the civil war in the Kingdom of Georgia ....
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There are many Ingvar Runestones
Ingvar Runestones

The Ingvar Runestones is the name of c. 26 Varangian Runestones that were raised in commemoration of those who died in the Swedish Caspian expeditions of the Rus of Ingvar the Far-Travelled....
 raised in commemoration warriors who died in the raid, mostly in the Lake Mälaren
Mälaren

Lake M?laren is the third-largest lake in Sweden, after Lakes V?nern and V?ttern. Its area is 1,140 km? and its greatest depth is 64 m. The lake drains, from southwest to northeast, into the Baltic Sea through S?dert?lje kanal, Hammarbyslussen, Karl Johanslussen and Norrstr?m....
 region of Uppland
Uppland

Uppland is a historical Provinces of Sweden or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders S?dermanland, V?stmanland and G?strikland....
 in Sweden. A stone to Ingvar’s brother indicates that he went east for gold but that he died in Saracen land.

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