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Mollebakken and the Battle for Norway
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Mollebakken and the Battle for Norway

ByEric December 12, 2019June 18, 2022

In the year AD 933 or 934, a battle was fought in a place called Mollebakken, not far from modern-day Tønsberg. Though the poet and historian Snorri Sturlason describes the battle in a few short lines in Heimskringla, the battle proved to be one of the more consequential battles in Norway’s history.

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The Kings of Vingulmark and the Future of Norway
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The Kings of Vingulmark and the Future of Norway

ByEric August 10, 2018June 18, 2022

This week’s people of interest are Harald Fairhair’s son, Olav, and grandson, Trygvi, both kings of Vingulmark (and later, Vestfold), which is the area around present-day Oslo, and whose name means impenetrable forest.

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