- Freyr is the son of Njörðr, and brother of Freyja; his mother is not named, but Loki says in Lokasenna, stanza 36, that Njörðr had Freyr by his own sister.
- Freyr is the lover of Gerd, the giantess of the frozen land, in Norse mythology. Their love story is one of the most romantic and tragic in the Norse myths.
- Where Thor governs the storms and rides through the skies, Freyr is grounded and rules over the fruitfulness of the earth and of man.
- Freyr is a Norse god of fertility, prosperity, and the harvest. He is a member of the Vanir tribe of gods and is often depicted as a handsome and benevolent god.
- Freyr is a fertility god in Norse mythology, and he is very renowned among the Aesir, even though he is not an Aesir himself, but a Vanir.
- He uses the Latinized name Fricco for Freyr. He mentions a cult image of Freyr at Skara in Sweden that was destroyed by a Christian missionary.
- A symbiosis ensued wherein several Vanir characteristics were learnt by the older gods, and Freyr, in particular, made the concerns of the Aesirs his own.
- Freyr may not be one of the most popular Norse gods now, but discover why the Norse people thought Freyr was the greatest of all their gods!
- The Norsemen made sacrifices to Freyr til árs ok friðar (for frutifulness and peace). Freyr is the son of Njorð by Njorð's own sister. He is of the race of the Vanir.
- Freyr is a principal Norse god of fertility, peace, and prosperity, revered as a Vanir deity and later honored among the Æsir in Asgard.