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    Jomsborg or Jómsborg (German: Jomsburg) was a semi-legendary Viking stronghold at the southern coast of the Baltic Sea (medieval Wendland, modern Pomerania)...
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    Jomsvikings (redirect from Jomsborg vikings)
    Tryggvasson’s Saga, and stories found in the Flatey Book), their stronghold of Jomsborg was located on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea, but its exact location...
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    semi-legendary settlements Jomsborg and Vineta. However, others have rejected the identification, or even the historical existence of Jomsborg and Vineta (for example...
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    Groß-Weckow village church in Pomerania, close to the Viking Age stronghold of Jomsborg), as +ARALD CVRMSVN + REX AD TANER + SCON + JVMN + CIV ALDIN, i.e. "Harald...
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    Vikings (section Jomsborg)
    as Jomsvikings. Jomsborg's exact location, or its existence, has not yet been established, though it is often maintained that Jomsborg was somewhere on...
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    Dziwna and near the place where the semi-legendary Viking stronghold of Jomsborg stood between the 950s and 1043. According to Swedish archaeologist Sven...
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    soldiery by the chieftain Thorkell the Tall, brother to Sigurd, Jarl of Jomsborg, and the legendary Jomsvikings, at their stronghold on the island of Wollin...
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    was the chief commander of the Jomsvikings and the legendary stronghold Jomsborg, on the Island of Wollin.[citation needed] He is also credited as having...
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  • legend evolved around traditions about the Medieval emporium called Jumne, Jomsborg, Julin or similar names by the chronicles, and with which Vineta is sometimes...
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  • discovering who sent him. In Jomsborg, Freydís arrives and meets its rulers, Lord Hárekr and Lady Gudrid, who hope to turn Jomsborg into a "new Uppsala" with...
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  • of the disinherited Swedish prince Styrbjörn Starke, the conqueror of Jomsborg, and Tyra, the daughter of Harold Bluetooth king of Norway and Denmark...
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    chieftain of the fabled Jomsvikings and commander of their stronghold - Jomsborg. He succeeded Palnatoke as the leaders of the Jomsvikings in the late 10th...
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    manuscript, Harald Bluetooth´s grave and the location of the fortress of Jomsborg. Rivengate AB. p. 335. ISBN 978-9198678017. Archived from the original...
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    (approximately 975–986). According to Snorri Sturluson, Strut-Harald was jarl of "Jomsborg in Wendland." Strut-Harald was the father of Sigvaldi Strut-Haraldsson...
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    Invasions of England Belligerents Kingdom of England Kingdom of Denmark Jomsborg Vikings Commanders and leaders Edmund Ironside Ulfcytel Snillingr Cnut...
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    manuscript, Harald Bluetooth's grave and the location of the fortress of Jomsborg. Rivengate AB. ISBN 978-91-986780-1-7. "Eadmund (Edmund the Ironside)"...
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    founding, centuries earlier, as the famed Jómsborg by the legendary Danish chieftain Pálna-Tóki. Jómsborg's name is composed of two elements: the Old...
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    some support. As part of consolidating his control, Magnus destroyed the Jomsborg, headquarters of the Jomsvikings. Sweyn fled east and returned as one of...
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  • Tale: When the Sun Was God (2003)". Box Office Mojo. An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God at IMDb Jomsborg vikings appeared in the movie v t e v t e...
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    a reference to a lost city, country or area mentioned in the Qur'an. Jomsborg and Vineta, legendary cities on the south coast of the Baltic Sea supposed...
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    today to be identical with Wolin.[citation needed] The same is true for Jomsborg, a stronghold set up by Danish king Harald Bluetooth and Swedish prince...
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    through the legends of the Völsungs and Nibelungs until the fall of the Jomsborg with Palnetoki's death, and the victory of Christianity. Influentially...
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    Around the island, Wendish/Scandinavian trade centres such as Vineta/Jomsborg and Menzlin were established. In the 1110s, the town of Uznam was destroyed...
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  • on the historical Sweyn Forkbeard. Played by Bradley James The ruler of Jomsborg, presented in the show as a pagan police state in Pomerania. Played by...
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    December 31, 2017 with an accompanying music video. The band released "Jomsborg" as the album's third single on January 11, 2018. "Sign of the Dragonhead"...
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    shores of the Baltic Sea and when he was twenty, took the stronghold of Jomsborg from its founder Palnetoke and became the ruler of the Jomsvikings. After...
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    Peene River and Wolin, which is assumed to be identical with Vineta and Jomsborg. Important pagan temple sites were Arkona and Rethra. Other local strongholds...
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    Curmsun Disc - Obverse, Jomsborg, 980s, Burial site of king Harald Bluetooth...
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  • Eyes chronology Singles from Sign of the Dragonhead "Across the Sea" Released: 2017 "Jomsborg" Released: 2018 "Sign of the Dragonhead" Released: 2018...
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    Sweden Four or six children Tove of the Obotrites No issue 987 latest Jomsborg R Earl Haakon Sigurdsson 965/70–995 (de facto) (Non-contemporary) c. 935...
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