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Vingulmark

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Vingulmark (Old Norse Vingulmörk) is the old name for the area in Norway which today makes up the counties of Østfold, western parts of Akershus (excluding Romerike), and eastern parts of Buskerud (Hurum and Røyken municipalities), and includes the site of Norway's capital, Oslo. [1]

38 relations: Akershus, Alfred the Great, Asker, Østfold, Bærum, Buskerud, Eric Anundsson, Fagrskinna, Festuca, Fool, Gandalf Alfgeirsson, Götaland, Germanic peoples, Glomma, Gudrød the Hunter, Halfdan the Black, Harald Fairhair, Harald Grenske, Heimskringla, Hurum, Kings' sagas, March (territorial entity), Ohthere of Hålogaland, Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf, Old Norse, Onsøy, Oslo, Petty kingdom, Røyken Municipality, Rolvsøy, Romerike, Skiringssal, Snorri Sturluson, Tryggve Olafsson, Tune ship, Tune, Norway, Viken, Norway, Viking Age.

Akershus

Akershus is a county in Norway, bordering Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud, Oslo, and Østfold; it also has a short border with Sweden (Värmland).

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Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great (Ælfrēd, Ælfrǣd, "elf counsel" or "wise elf"; 849 – 26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899.

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Asker

Asker is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway.

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Østfold

Østfold is a county in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other side of Oslofjord.

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Bærum

Bærum is a municipality in Akershus County, Norway.

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Buskerud

Buskerud is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold.

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Eric Anundsson

Eric Anundsson or Eymundsson (traditionally died 882) was a Swedish king who ruled during the 9th century.

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Fagrskinna

Fagrskinna is one of the kings' sagas, written around 1220.

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Festuca

Festuca (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family, Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae).

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Fool

A Fool, The Fool, or Fools can or may refer to.

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Gandalf Alfgeirsson

Gandalf Alfgeirsson (Old Norse: Gandálf Álfgeirsson) was a legendary king of the petty kingdom Vingulmark, in south-eastern Norway and south-western Sweden He is portrayed in Snorri Sturluson's saga Heimskringla.

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Götaland

Götaland (also Gothia, Gothland, Gothenland or Gautland) is one of three lands of Sweden and comprises ten provinces.

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Germanic peoples

The Germanic peoples (also called Teutonic, Suebian, or Gothic in older literature) are an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group of Northern European origin.

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Glomma

The Glomma, or Glåma, is the longest and largest river in Norway.

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Gudrød the Hunter

Gudrød the Hunter (Old Norse: Guðrøðr veiðikonungr, Norwegian: Gudrød Veidekonge, literally Gudrod Hunter-king), also known as Gudrød the Magnificent (Old Norse: enn gǫfugláti, Norwegian: den gjeve), is a legendary character portrayed in the Norse sagas as a Norwegian petty king in the early 9th century.

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Halfdan the Black

Halfdan the Black (Old Norse: Halfdanr Svarti) (&ndash) was a ninth-century king of Vestfold.

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Harald Fairhair

Harald Fairhair (Old Norse: Haraldr Hárfagri, Norwegian: Harald Hårfagre, (literally "Harald Hair-pleasant"); 850 – 932) is remembered by medieval historians as the first King of Norway.

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Harald Grenske

Harald Grenske (10th century) was a petty king in Vestfold in Norway.

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Heimskringla

Heimskringla is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas.

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Hurum

Hurum is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway.

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Kings' sagas

Kings' sagas (Norwegian: Kongesagaer) are Old Norse sagas which principally tell of the lives of semi-legendary and legendary (mythological, fictional) Nordic kings, also known as saga kings.

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March (territorial entity)

A march or mark was, in broad terms, a medieval European term for any kind of borderland, as opposed to a notional "heartland".

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Ohthere of Hålogaland

Ohthere of Hålogaland (Ottar fra Hålogaland) was a Viking Age Norwegian seafarer known only from an account of his travels that he gave to King Alfred (r. 871–99) of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex in about 890 AD.

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Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf

Olaf Haraldsson (died in 934), was a reputed son of King Harald Fairhair of Norway with, daughter of Øystein Jarl.

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Old Norse

Old Norse was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements from about the 9th to the 13th century.

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Onsøy

Onsøy is a peninsula and a former municipality in Østfold county, Norway.

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Oslo

Oslo (rarely) is the capital and most populous city of Norway.

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Petty kingdom

A petty kingdom is a kingdom described as minor or "petty" by contrast to an empire or unified kingdom that either preceded or succeeded it (e.g. the numerous kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England unified into the Kingdom of England in the 10th century, or the numerous Gaelic kingdoms of Ireland as the Kingdom of Ireland in the 16th century).

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Røyken Municipality

Røyken Municipality is a municipality in Buskerud County, Norway.

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Rolvsøy

Rolvsøy is a village, an island, and a former municipality in Østfold county, Norway.

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Romerike

Romerike is a traditional district located north-east of Oslo, in what is today south-eastern Norway.

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Skiringssal

Skiringssal (Old Norse Skíringssalr) was the name of a Viking Age hall which stood at a site now known as Huseby, about 0.73 miles (1.2 km) south-west of Tjølling, a settlement a little over east of Larvik, in the south of the Norwegian county of Vestfold.

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Snorri Sturluson

Snorri Sturluson (1179 – 23 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician.

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Tryggve Olafsson

Tryggve Olafsson (died 963) (Old Norse: Tryggvi Óláfsson, Norwegian: Tryggve Olavsson) was king of Viken, Norway (Vingulmark and Rånrike).

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Tune ship

The Tune ship (Tuneskipet) is a Viking ship exhibited in the Viking Ship Museum (Vikingskipshuset på Bygdøy) in Bygdøy, Oslo.

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Tune, Norway

Tune is a former municipality in Østfold county, Norway.

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Viken, Norway

Viken (Old Norse: Vík or Víkin) or Vika, was the historical name for a district in southeastern Norway, including the modern day Swedish province Bohuslän, which consisted of the area surrounding the Oslofjord and Skagerrak, the strait running between Norway and the southwest coast of Sweden and the Jutland peninsula of Denmark.

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Viking Age

The Viking Age (793–1066 AD) is a period in European history, especially Northern European and Scandinavian history, following the Germanic Iron Age.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vingulmark

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