The Pretenders
Haakon Haakonsson, King-elect of the Birkebeiners
Inga of Varteig, his mother
Earl Skule
The Lady Ragnhild, Skule's wife
Sigrid, his sister
Margrete, his daughter
Guthorm Ingesson
Sigurd Ribbung
Nikolas Arnesson, Bishop of Oslo
Dagfinn the Peasant, Haakon's Marshal
Ivar Bodde, Haakon's Chaplain
Vegard Vaeradal, one of his bodyguard
Gregorius Jonsson, a nobleman
Paul Flida, a nobleman
Ingebjorg, wife of Anders Skialdarband
Peter, her son, a young priest
Sira Viljam, house chaplain to Bishop Nikolas
Master Sigard of Brabant, a physician
Jatgeir, an Icelandic poet
Baard Bratte, a chieftain from near Trondheim
Townsmen and citizens of Bergen, Oslo, and Nidaros
Canons, priests, monks and nuns
Guests, guards, and ladies
Soldiers, etc.
Source: The Oxford Ibsen, Volume II, Oxford University Press 1962