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Vingulmark | | Vingulmark: Encyclopedia - Vingulmark | | | Vingulmark was the name of a Viking Age petty kingdom around Oslofjorden. It seems that it once extended to the county of Østfold in addition to the areas of the current municipalities Oslo, Bærum, Asker, Røyken, Hurum, Lier and Eiker in south-eastern Norway.
Snorri Sturluson relates in the Heimskringla that it was conquered from the Swedish king Erik Emundsson by king Harald Fairhair when he united Norway.
Some known kings of Vingulmark are:
Gudrød the Hunter, half of Vingulmark
Alfgeir (Old No ...
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Vingulmark
Vingulmark was the name of a Viking Age petty kingdom around Oslofjorden. It seems that it once extended to the county of Østfold in addition to the areas of the current municipalities Oslo, Bærum, Asker, Røyken, Hurum, Lier and Eiker in south-eastern Norway.
Snorri Sturluson relates in the Heimskringla that it was conquered from the Swedish king Erik Emundsson by king Harald Fairhair when he united Norway.
Some known kings of Vingulmark are:
- Gudrød the Hunter, half of Vingulmark
- Alfgeir (Old Norse: Álfgeir)
- Gandalf Alfgeirsson
- Halfdan the Black
- Olaf Haraldsson
- Tryggve Olafsson
- Harald Gudrødsson Grenske, 976-987
- Svein Alfivuson, 1030-1035
During the middle ages, Vingulmark was an administrative unit limited to Oslo, Bærum and Asker.
See also: Viken
Categories: Viking Age | History of Oslo
Other related archives1030, 1035, 976, 987, Asker, Bærum, Eiker, Erik Emundsson, Gandalf Alfgeirsson, Gudrød the Hunter, Halfdan the Black, Harald Fairhair, Heimskringla, History of Oslo, Hurum, Lier, Norway, Olaf Haraldsson, Oslo, Oslofjorden, Røyken, Snorri Sturluson, Tryggve Olafsson, Viken, Viking Age, county, municipalities, petty kingdom, Østfold
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