Kvenland, known as Cwenland, Qwenland, Kænland, and similar terms in medieval sources, is an ancient name for an area in Fennoscandia and Scandinavia....

kings that ruled in Kvenland. In Egils saga Faravid is directly said to be the "King of Kvenland". Two other sagas that mention Kvenland, Hversu Noregr byggðist...

Kári ('wind'). It is also the name of a legendary king of "Finland and Kvenland". The principal study of this figure is by Margaret Clunies Ross. The etymology...

references and possible references to Kvenland by other names and/or spellings are discussed in the main article of Kvenland. During the Viking Age, Estonia...

Faravid was a legendary King of Kvenland who is mentioned in the Icelandic Egils saga from the early 13th century. According to the saga, Faravid made...

Oxford University, 1984, ISBN 9780192851390, pp. 24–25. Kyösti Julku, Kvenland - Kainuunmaa, Studia historica septentrionalia 11, Oulu, 1986, OCLC 757840399...

earliest reference to sea-kings. There the original line of 'kings' of Kvenland (present-day Finland) ends with the father of Gor Thorrasson 'Sea King'...

Nór travelled from Kvenland to Trondheim Egil's saga described how Thorolf travelled from Namdalen (north of Trondheim) to Kvenland Writer of the publication...

Hålogaland, goes to Kvenland again: That same winter Thorolf went up on the fell with a hundred men; he passed on at once eastwards to Kvenland and met King...

Egil's Saga from approximately the 13th century mentions the people of Kvenland led by their king Faravid waging war against the Karelians. According to...

Sweden as a Great Power Battle of Kircholm Battle of Stångebro Kings of Kvenland — although his successor dropped the title, Charles claimed to be King...

Norway. He was a direct descendant of Fornjótr, the King of "Gotland, Kvenland and Finnland". In traditional Scandinavian lineages we find Halfdan the...

Orkneyinga saga written around 1230 tells about Nor who travelled from Kvenland to Norway and took over the entire country. Based on the saga's internal...

Norwegian. The area that the Kvens lived in was called Kvenland. They originally settled in Kvenland, which also expanded into the flat areas of the Bay...

Municipality. The Ruija Kven Museum is located in Vadsø. Birkarls Forest Finns Kvenland Sámi people Tornedalians [1] "Endelig et felles flagg for kvenene" (in...

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named Bjarmaland; but these plans never came to be. Ohthere of Hålogaland Kvenland Gardariki Miklagard Vinland Serkland Skræling Panurus biarmicus and Biarmosuchus...

Norse mythology. Kvenland A geographical area referred to in several medieval texts as well as in Norse sagas. The exact location of Kvenland is unknown, though...

Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly. Julku, Kyösti: Kvenland - Kainuunmaa. With English summary: The Ancient territory of Kainuu. Oulu...

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mentioned by Ohthere (more probably they were the Kainulaiset, that dwelt in Kvenland, a probable reference to Saami peoples also called Scridefinnas / Screrefennae...

controversy is the speculated connection between areas known as Kainuu and Kvenland, both historical lands in Fennoscandia. As a part of his theory about the...

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somewhere in Scythia. Modern scholars have assumed that the term alludes to Kvenland which was probably situated to the east of the Gulf of Bothnia in present-day...

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"Boatyard". Kyiv. Kjalarnes "Keel point". A location in Vinland. Kænland, Kvenland A territory in Northern Finland or Northern Sweden. Konungsborgr "King's...

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The flag shows a sun-rose, which is a common motif found on objects in Kvenland. 29 December 2022 – current Flag of the Forest Finns Designed by the Norwegian...

for SOS, a new eco-thriller series by Finnish producers Luminoir, and Kvenland, set in the Dark Ages. Previously he wrote the pilot for drama Dr Feelgood...

context the distribution patterns fits well with the historical region of Kvenland and the associated tribe of the Kvens. At the time when haplogroup I-BY316...