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Kvenland, known as Cwenland, Qwenland, Kænland, and similar terms in medieval sources, is an ancient name for an area in Fennoscandia and Scandinavia. Kvenland, in that or nearly that spelling, is known from an Old English account written in the 9th century, which used information provided by Norwegian adventurer and traveler Ohthere, and from Nordic sources, primarily Icelandic. A possible additional source was written in the modern-day area of Norway. All known Nordic sources date from the 12th and 13th centuries. Other possible references to Kvenland by other names and spellings are also discussed here.
Kvenland, known as Cwenland, Qwenland, Kænland, and similar terms in medieval sources, is an ancient name for an area in Fennoscandia and Scandinavia....
kings that ruled in Kvenland. In Egils saga Faravid is directly said to be the "King of Kvenland". Two other sagas that mention Kvenland, Hversu Noregr byggðist...
references and possible references to Kvenland by other names and/or spellings are discussed in the main article of Kvenland. During the Viking Age, Estonia...
Faravid was a legendary King of Kvenland who is mentioned in the Icelandic Egils saga from the early 13th century. According to the saga, Faravid made...
Oxford University, 1984, ISBN 9780192851390, pp. 24–25. Kyösti Julku, Kvenland - Kainuunmaa, Studia historica septentrionalia 11, Oulu, 1986, OCLC 757840399...
subject to Norwegianization and the subsequent consequences. The flag of Kvenland was hoisted at the Kiruna City Hall in Sweden on 16 March 2013, at 11:00...
Egil's Saga from approximately the 13th century mentions the people of Kvenland led by their king Faravid waging war against the Karelians. According to...
Norwegian. The area that the Kvens lived in was called Kvenland. They originally settled in Kvenland, which also expanded into the flat areas of the Bay...
Nór travelled from Kvenland to Trondheim Egil's saga described how Thorolf travelled from Namdalen (north of Trondheim) to Kvenland Writer of the publication...
Sweden as a Great Power Battle of Kircholm Battle of Stångebro Kings of Kvenland — although his successor dropped the title, Charles claimed to be King...
Norway. He was a direct descendant of Fornjótr, the King of "Gotland, Kvenland and Finnland". In traditional Scandinavian lineages we find Halfdan the...
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Norse mythology. Kvenland A geographical area referred to in several medieval texts as well as in Norse sagas. The exact location of Kvenland is unknown, though...
Orkneyinga saga written around 1230 tells about Nor who travelled from Kvenland to Norway and took over the entire country. Based on the saga's internal...
named Bjarmaland; but these plans never came to be. Ohthere of Hålogaland Kvenland Gardariki Miklagard Vinland Serkland Skræling Panurus biarmicus and Biarmosuchus...
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mentioned by Ohthere (more probably they were the Kainulaiset, that dwelt in Kvenland, a probable reference to Saami peoples also called Scridefinnas / Screrefennae...
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controversy is the speculated connection between areas known as Kainuu and Kvenland, both historical lands in Fennoscandia. As a part of his theory about the...
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The flag shows a sun-rose, which is a common motif found on objects in Kvenland. 29 December 2022 – current Flag of the Forest Finns Designed by the Norwegian...
somewhere in Scythia. Modern scholars have assumed that the term alludes to Kvenland which was probably situated to the east of the Gulf of Bothnia in present-day...
"Boatyard". Kyiv. Kjalarnes "Keel point". A location in Vinland. Kænland, Kvenland A territory in Northern Finland or Northern Sweden. Konungsborgr "King's...
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