Everything about Vingulmark totally explained
Vingulmark is the old name for the area 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. According to medieval
kings' sagas, it was a
Viking Age petty kingdom.
Archaeologists have made finds of richly endowed burials in the area around the estuary of the river
Glomma, at
Onsøy,
Rolvsøy and
Tune, where the remains of a ship, the
Tune ship, was found. This indicates that there was an important center of power in this area.
There are indications that at least the southern part of this area was under Danish rule in the late 9th century. In the account of
Ottar, which was written down at the court of the English king
Alfred the Great, Ottar says that when he sailed south from
Skiringssal, he'd Denmark on the port side for three days. This would include parts of Vingulmark.
Snorri Sturluson relates in
Heimskringla that it was conquered from the Swedish king
Erik Emundsson by king
Harald Fairhair when he united Norway.
The sagas name several more or less legendary kings as rulers of Vingulmark:
During the middle ages, Vingulmark was an administrative unit limited to
Oslo,
Bærum and
Asker.
See also: VikenFurther Information
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