ONLY ONE KING BURIED IN ICELAND.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 18, Issue 42, 24 May 1907, Page 7

ONLY ONE KING BURIED IN ICELAND.

Should King Frederick of Denmark visit his distant ‘'Province” of Iceland, it is to be sincerely hoped- that his Majesty will not die and be buried in the island, therein' breaking the spell of the Icelander’s boast—‘‘only one King is buried here.” That was King Boerek of Norway, whom King Olaf the Holy “shipped,” with the significant hint that he need not be in any hurry to return to his native land. Hoerek, who was a shrewd peacable-minded monarch, took the hint, went to Iceland, and (1.000 odd years ago) settled down to farming, “at a little stead hight Calfskin whore were but four serving-folk, and there he dwelt, and on the fourth winter got the illness which brought him to his bane. So, it is said, he is the only king that rests in Iceland.”