Vingulmark (Old Norse Vingulmǫrk) is the old name for the area in Norway which today makes up the counties of Østfold, western parts of Akershus (excluding...
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brother Olaf and, through military action, persuaded King Gandalf of Vingulmark to cede half his kingdom. Based on the formulaic nature of his ties to...
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Ringerike, Lower Buskerud, which was originally part of Vestfold, and Western Vingulmark. Hallingdal consisted of Flå, Nes, Gol, Hemsedal, Ål and Hol. Numedal...
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Gandalf Alfgeirsson (redirect from Gandalf of Vingulmark)
Gandalf Alfgeirsson (Old Norse: Gandálf Álfgeirsson) was a legendary king of the petty kingdom Alfheim, in south-eastern Norway and south-western Sweden...
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king of Viken, Norway (Vingulmark and Rånrike). Tryggve Olafsson was the son of Olaf Haraldsson, king of Vestfold and Vingulmark, and grandson of King...
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brother of Bjørn Harald Gudrødsson Grenske, 976–987 Rulers: Dag the mild Vingulmark is the old name for the area which today makes up the counties of Østfold...
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Bjørn Farmann became king of Vestfold. Olaf Haraldsson was made king of Vingulmark by his father and then later inherited Vestfold after his brother Bjørn...
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Northumbria King of Denmark King of Rånrike King of Trondheim King of Vingulmark Dissolution 970 or 1387 Cadet branches Vigen branch Vestfold branch Allegedly:...
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Bloodaxe, he lived with his uncle Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf, the king of Vingulmark. Olaf rebelled against Bloodaxe, but was killed in battle, and so Gudrød...
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According to Snorri Sturluson in Olav Trygvasons saga, he was a king of Vingulmark, Vestfold and Agder. Recent scholarship has questioned the historicity...
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Upper Telemark Valdres Vestfold Østerdalen Østfold See also Viken and Vingulmark. Regions of Norway Counties of Norway Metropolitan regions of Norway Subdivisions...
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a dwarf in Norse mythology Gandalf Alfgeirsson, the legendary king of Vingulmark Gandalf the Mad, a Viking king in the Thorgal comic series Gandalf, used...
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of the Geatish king Siward; see Alf and Alfhild Alfhild, daughter of Vingulmark king Gandalf Alfgeirsson Olav Veka; Nancy L. Coleman (2010). A Handbook...
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2011. Retrieved 22 March 2018. The same autumn he went with an army to Vingulmark against King Gandalf. They had many battles, and sometimes one, sometimes...
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Lodbrok. This included Romerike, Westfold all the way to Grenmar, and Vingulmark. In Ragnar Lodbrok's saga, it is mentioned that Sigurd Ring and Harald...
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believed to have comprised the historical provinces of Vestfold, Ranrike, Vingulmark, Grenland and Båhuslen.[failed verification] Historically the Danish kings...
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the Borgarting, located in Viken with the seat at Sarpsborg: Rånrike Vingulmark Vestfold Grenland Counties (first three fylke, last two bilandskap) under...
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great-grandfather of Norwegian king Olaf II. Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf, king of Vingulmark, later also Vestfold, and reputed father of Tryggve Olafsson, father of...
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from 995 to 1000. He was the son of Tryggvi Olafsson, king of Viken (Vingulmark, and Rånrike), and, according to later sagas, the great-grandson of Harald...
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burial mounds throughout the area. In the Viking Age, the area was part of Vingulmark, which in turn was part of Viken and included Båhuslen (which is now the...
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Romsdal Sogn Solør Sunnmøre Telemark Toten Trøndelag Vestfold Vestmar Vingulmark Voss Idjang Maynila Kedatuan of Madja-as Rajahnate of Butuan Sultanate...
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titles here are not consistent. Gudrød the Hunter (semi-legendary king in Vingulmark in south-east Norway, from 804 until 810) Gudrød Bjørnsson (ruled Vestfold...
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king of Alfheim (now Bohuslän). Gudrød inherited half the province of Vingulmark.[citation needed] They had a son, Olaf Geirstad-Alf. When Alfhild died...
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suggested that they would have been the same as the Winnili. Sometimes Vingulmark is also mentioned. Jordanes writes: And there are beyond these the Ostrogoths...
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winter's stay in Denmark, Harald granted Eric earldom over Romerike and Vingulmark - areas in the south of Norway long under Danish influence. In Heimskringla...
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at Tønsberg, Erik Bloodaxe killed Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf, king of Vingulmark and later also of Vestfold together with Sigrød Haraldsson, king of Trondheim...
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regional leaders such as the Jarls of Lade in the north and the rulers of Vingulmark in the east, while the kings of Denmark claimed regions in the south and...
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the area with several main roads passing through Vinger. The road from Vingulmark to Sweden was called Eskoleia, and it went from Sør-Odal through Vinger...
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the early Viking Age, Eiker was the western extension of the kingdom of Vingulmark. Somewhat later, it became part of the kingdom of Vestfold. The parish...
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Swedish equestrian Tryggve Olavsson (928 – c. 963), king of Viken, Norway (Vingulmark and Rånrike) Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818–1870), Norwegian poet and journalist...
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