Battle of Fitjar information

The Battle of Fitjar (Slaget ved Fitjar på Stord) took place in 961 in Fitjar at Stord in the county of Hordaland, Norway. The Battle of Fitjar at Stord...

Fitjar (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈfɪ̂tːjɑr] ) is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality is located in the traditional district of...

coast of Hordaland in 961 and surprised the king at his residence in Fitjar. Haakon was mortally wounded at the Battle of Fitjar (Slaget ved Fitjar) after...

fought several battles against King Haakon including the Battle of Rastarkalv near the island of Frei in 955 and the Battle of Fitjar in 961. After King...

of Haakon at the Battle of Fitjar (Slaget ved Fitjar på Stord) in 961, Harald Greycloak, the son of Eirik Bloodaxe and his brothers became kings of Norway...

subjected to payment of taxes. Historically the Danish kings had dominion over the area. King Haakon was mortally wounded at the Battle of Fitjar in an engagement...

Al-Hakam II as ruler of the Caliphate of Córdoba in Al-Andalus (modern Spain). Battle of Fitjar – A Viking force under the sons of Eric Bloodaxe lands...

the Battle of Fitjar in 960, King Håkon the Good was on his way to Alrek, but died at Håkonshella in Laksevåg. At times the estate was the home of King...

(878) Battle of Corbridge (918) Battle of Brunanburh (937) Battle of Rastarkalv (955) Battle of Fitjar (961) Battle of Hjörungavágr (ca. 985) Battle of Maldon...

2018-03-22. Jones, Gwyn (2001). A History of the Vikings. Oxford University Press. p. 403. ISBN 9780192801340. Battle of Lyrskov Hede. Erik Opsahl. "Knut Alvsson"...

Bluetooth had himself hailed as king of Norway after the Battle of Fitjar (c. 961). Besides gaining direct control of Viken in south-eastern Norway, he let...

of men and many had not had the opportunity to distinguish themselves in battle. Consequently, he decided to select those that were the most prominent in...

Events in the year 961 in Norway. Monarch: Haakon I Haraldsson Battle of Fitjar v t e...

work of Christianization begun by Haakon the Good (d. 961 in the Battle of Fitjar) was carried on by Olaf Tryggvason (d. 1000 in the Battle of Svolder)...

Al-Hakam II as ruler of the Caliphate of Córdoba in Al-Andalus (modern Spain). Battle of Fitjar – A Viking force under the sons of Eric Bloodaxe lands...

The Battle of Rastarkalv (Norwegian: Slaget på Rastarkalv) took place in 955 on the southern part of the island of Frei in the present-day Kristiansund...

of a silver Thor's hammer amulet found in Fitjar, Hordaland, Norway Drawing of Thor's hammer amulet from Mandemark, Møn, Denmark A bronze statue of a...

set to pardon him, Erling himself was killed by Aslak Fitjaskalle, from Fitjar in Sunnhordland, who cleaved Erling's head with an axe. According to Heimskringla...

of Fitjar. On 15 May 1868, the southern district of Stordøen located on the mainland (population: 900) was separated to form the new municipality of Valestrand...

succeeded in burning the royal castle and much of the city. In 1665, the city's harbour was the site of the Battle of Vågen, when an English naval flotilla attacked...

Poetry. University of Toronto Press. pp. 227–228. ISBN 9781442615885. Jan de Vries [1952] pp. 196–197 contended that the plural word fitjar in the phrase à...

Finnøy, Fitjar, Forsand, Giske, Gjesdal, Hjelmeland, Hå, Karmøy, Lund, Sokndal, Strand, and Time, Bergen has one university, the University of Bergen,...

Sociológicas. 2012. Retrieved 2019-10-03. Rune Dahl Fitjar (2009). The Rise of Regionalism: Causes of Regional Mobilization in Western Europe. Routledge...