Johansson, Karl G. & Else Mundal: Riddarasǫgur (BN 7)The Translation of European Court Culture in Medieval Scandinavia Chivalric literature was introduced to the North early in the thirteenth century. We know that Tristrams saga ok sondar was translated into Old Norse in the year 1226 by a certain Brother Robert, and in the prologue where the translator names himself, he claims that he did the translation at the request of King Hkon Hkonarson. In four other translations, Elss saga, vens saga, Mottuls