The Battle of Orkdal was, according to Heimskringla, the first attempt at resistance against Harald Fairhair's conquests in Trøndelag. Heimskringla said...
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859) Battle of York (867) Siege of Dumbarton (870) Battle of Basing (871) Battle of Meretun (871) Battle of Hakadal (ca. 860) Battle of Orkdal (ca. 870)...
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victory at the Battle of Hafrsfjord near Stavanger, Harald found himself king over the whole country. According to Sverre Bagge, unification of Norway was...
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2018-03-22. Jones, Gwyn (2001). A History of the Vikings. Oxford University Press. p. 403. ISBN 9780192801340. Battle of Lyrskov Hede. Sundberg, Ulf (1999)....
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Trøndelag to make a stand against King Harald's ravaging of the country. At the Battle of Orkdal Gryting's men were defeated and Gryting taken prisoner...
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wars in Europe) Battle of Hakadal – c. 860 – Unification of Norway Battle of Orkdal – c. 870 – Unification of Norway First battle of Solskjel – c. 870...
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starts in the ancient part of Oslo and heads north, along Lake Mjosa, up the Gudbrandsdal Valley, over Dovrefjell and down the Orkdal Valley, ending at Nidaros...
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Glymdrápa (category Cultural depictions of Harald Fairhair)
recount Harald's fight against the people of Orkdal at Oppdal forest (Uppdalsskógr), first against Huntiof, King of Nordmøre (Húnþjófr), his son Solve Klove...
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Verdal (redirect from Coat of arms of Verdal)
Sør-Innherad prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The most famous battle in Norwegian history, the Battle of Stiklestad, took place at Stiklestad in...
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Melhus (redirect from Coat of arms of Melhus)
Svorksjøen lies on the western border with Orkdal and Meldal. The lakes Benna and Ånøya lie in the central part of the municipality, and the lake Samsjøen...
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(Governor) of Orkdal under the kings Håkon IV of Norway and Magnus VI of Norway. His nickname Crouchdance is probably derived from the name of a Norwegian...
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Trondheim (redirect from City of Trondheim)
hailed as the king here, as was his son, Haakon I, called 'the Good.' The battle of Kalvskinnet took place in Trondheim in 1179: King Sverre Sigurdsson and...
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Stjørdal (redirect from Coat of arms of Stjørdal)
World War II in the Battle of Hegra Fortress. The Stjørdal Folk Academy was founded in 1908 by Nils Anton Vaagland, who was later mayor of Stjørdal and also...
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Martial law in Trondheim in 1942 (category History of Nordland)
of Trondheim, Leinstrand, Strinda, Byneset, Orkdal, Orkanger, Orkland, Buvik, Børsa, Skaun, Geitastrand, Klæbu, Tiller, Malvik; the entire county of Nord-Trøndelag...
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Impeachment in Norway (redirect from Constitutional Court of the Realm)
of parliamentarism, and parliament could dismiss a member of cabinet through a majority vote.[dubious – discuss] After the constitutional battle of 1884...
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Ørland (redirect from Coat of arms of Ørland)
At the time of the Battle of Stiklestad, Finn Árnasson was lord of Austrått. His wife was Bergljot (Bergljót Halvdansdóttir), niece of Kings Harald Hardrada...
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Indre Fosen (redirect from Coat of arms of Indre Fosen)
King Sverre Sigurdsson fought his last sea battle on 8 June 1198. There is a clover/trefoil design at the end of the silver part which represents life and...
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Millennium site (category Culture of Norway)
centennial of the 1905 dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden. The goal of the county millennium sites is to contribute to taking care of edifices...
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Leksvik (redirect from Coat of arms of Leksvik)
King Sverre Sigurdsson fought his last sea battle on 8 June 1198. There is a clover/trefoil design at the end of the silver part which represents life and...
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