Sigurd Jorsalfare and the Norwegian crusade

[Pallantides]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigurd_I_of_Norway

Sigurd I Magnusson (c. 1090 – 26 March 1130), also known as Sigurd the Crusader (Old Norse: Sigurðr Jórsalafari, Norwegian: Sigurd Jorsalfare), was King of Norway from 1103 to 1130. His rule, together with his brother Eystein I of Norway (until Eystein died in 1123), has been regarded by historians as a golden age for the medieval Kingdom of Norway. He is otherwise famous for the crusade he led to the Holy Land as the first European king, starting in 1107 and lasting a few years, which gave him his eponym "the Crusader".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Crusade

The Norwegian Crusade was a crusade that lasted from 1107 to 1110, in the aftermath of the First Crusade, by the lead of the Norwegian king Sigurd I. Sigurd was the first European king to ever go on crusade to the Holy Land, and not one battle during the crusade was lost. The Norwegian crusade seems to have acted out very similar to earlier Viking raids, though the Norwegians' ultimate aims were different this time.

The route taken by Sigurd I to Jerusalem and Constantinople (red line) and back to Norway (green line) according to Heimskringla.

[Motörhead Remember Me]

Pallantides, would you be able to find more information about the crusades Norwegians and Danes undertook in Sweden?