 At the end of the Heimskringla saga Hákonar saga góða , the poem Hákonarmál by the 10th century skald Eyvindr skáldaspillir is presented . The saga relates that king Haakon I of Norway died in battle , and although he is Christian , he requests that since he has died " among heathens , then give me such burial place as seems most fitting to you " . The saga relates that shortly after Haakon died on the same slab of rock that he was born upon , he was greatly mourned by friend and foe alike , and that his friends moved his body northward to <unk> in North Hordaland . Haakon was buried there in a large burial mound in full armour and his finest clothing , yet with no other valuables . Further , " words were spoken over his grave according to the custom of heathen men , and they put him on the way to Valhalla " . The poem Hákonarmál is then provided . 
