In the sagas, Gyrid was the daughter of King
Olof Björnsson of Sweden and Queen Ingeborg Thrandsdotter. According to several sagas, her brother, Prince
Styrbjörn Starke, accompanied her to
Denmark in order to arrange her marriage to Harald Bluetooth. Styrbjörn Starke in turn married
Tyra (
Tyri Haraldsdatter), who was a daughter of Harald Bluetooth. After the death of King Harald (around 985), nothing more is recorded about Gyrid. The Danish historians
Arild Huitfeldt (1603) record Gyrid/Gyritha as one of the two wives of Harald Bluetooth - the other being
Thora (
Tófa ?). ==Sagas==