Five Icelandic manuscripts from Swedish collections will be on display at the exhibition World in words from May 13 to November 8, 2026.

Two of them belong to the Uppsala University Library:

• Codex Upsaliensis, one of the four main manuscripts of the Prose Edda.
• A vellum manuscript from the 16^th century containing the saga of the outlaw Grettir Ásmundarson.

The other three belong to the National Library of Sweden:

• The Homily Book, one of the oldest Icelandic manuscripts that survives almost complete.
• Bergr’s Book, a weighty volume containing sagas and poetry about two kings of Norway who are known for spreading the Christian faith: Olaf Tryggvason and St Olaf Haraldsson.
• Codex Sparfvenfeldianus, the last manuscript of the Prose Edda written on vellum, and perhaps the most beautiful.

See all the manuscripts currently on display in the exhibition.