Erling Haaland spent €118,000 on a 430-year-old Viking Kings saga and donated it to his hometown: "I've never been a big reader, but I want people to read about those who came from my area"

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Erling Haaland and his father Alfie Haaland secretly placed the winning bid over the phone at a December auction, purchasing a 1594 edition of Snorre Sturlason’s Kongesagaer, a chronicle of the Viking kings of Norway.

The Mattis Størssøn edition is described by experts as “the icon among all icons” of Norwegian literature and the only complete copy in private ownership, making it the most expensive Norwegian book ever sold (1.3 million NOK / €118,000).

Rather than keeping it, Haaland donated the book to Time municipality in Jæren, the area where he grew up. He is also inviting local children and young people to take part in a competition connected to the gift.