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    Skiringssal (Old Norse: Skíringssalr) was the name of a Viking Age hall which stood at a site now known as Huseby, about 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) southwest...
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    Viksfjorden, a branch off the main Larviksfjorden. The ancient Viking hall, Skiringssal, was located just inland from the fjord. Kaupang was an important merchant...
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    where she placed in the top 40. In 2009, after high school she attended Skiringssal Folkehøgskule in Sandefjord, where she mainly studied music and then...
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    prehistoric times.: 8  About 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southeast of the town is Skiringssal, an archaeological site where archaeologists first discovered burial...
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    Eysteinn of Vestfold in Norway. In Vestfold, there were great blóts held at Skiringssal. Unfortunately, Sögubrot (meaning the "fragment") ends there. However...
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  • and was transported to Vestfold, where he was buried under a mound in Skiringssal. Skre, Dagfinn (2019-12-16). Rulership in 1st to 14th century Scandinavia:...
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    prehistoric times.: 8  About 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southeast of the town is Skiringssal, an archaeological site where archaeologists first discovered burial...
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    medieval times. According to information from a trader travelling from Skiringssal, close to the Oslofjord to Hedeby in the 870s it can be concluded that...
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  • translations of Ohthere's account feature the name "Skiringssal" in place of "Sciringes heal". Skiringssal is a historical location, mentioned in Scandinavian...
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    English king Alfred the Great, Ottar says that when he sailed south from Skiringssal, he had Denmark on the port side for three days. Rulers: Gudrød the Hunter...
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    Vineta (Pomerania), Truso (Poland), Bjørgvin (Norway), Kaupang (Norway), Skiringssal (Norway), Birka (Sweden), Bordeaux (France), York (England), Dublin (Ireland)...
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    impression on Ottar". Kaupang is mentioned under the name of Skiringssal (Kaupangen i Skiringssal) in Ottar's tales. By the 10th century, the local kings had...
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    English king Alfred the Great, Ottar says that when he sailed south from Skiringssal, he had Denmark on the port side for three days. This would include parts...
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    became particularly known for her work with the excavations at Kaupang in Skiringssal in the former municipality of Tjølling (now Larvik in Vestfold). Excavations...
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    programming on Piano Works II (2019) Guitars, keyboards, vocals on Skiringssal (demo, 2005) Guitars, keyboards, vocals on Helengard (2010) Guitars,...
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    commercial town and fortress at Tunsberg, on the Oslofjord outdistanced Skiringssal as a trading center. 1201 - Sverre Sigurdsson, king of Norway from 1177–1202...
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    ed. Heinrich Beck, Dieter Geuenich and Heiko Steuer, volume 28 Seddin–Skīringssal, 2nd ed. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 2005, ISBN 9783110182071, p. 245...
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  • Jorvik Viking Centre. He also conducted research at the Viking town of Skiringssal (Kaupang), Norway and suggested that the Scandinavian settlers of York...
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    school. Other private schools include Moe School and Mokollen School. Skiringssal folkehøyskole is a folk high school in Sandefjord, which is owned by...
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    of ten upper secondary schools with about 8,500 pupils in addition to Skiringssal Folk High School. It manages all the county roadways, public transport...
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    Alf9 of Vendel is a petty king who is visiting the great sacrifices at Skiringssal in Viken with his daughter Alfsol and his sons Yngvi3 (Ingvi, Ingvone)...
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  • Norwegian. Sandefjord videregående skole Skagerak International School Skiringssal folkehøyskole All external links are in Norwegian. Skagerak Middle School...
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    Ingvone See Yngvi1. In Ad catalogum, Yngvi visits the great sacrifices at Skiringssal in Viken with his father the petty king Alf9 of Vendel, his brother Alf10...
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    (in Norwegian). kaupangprosjektet. Skre, Dagfinn (2007). Kaupang in Skiringssal. Kaupang Excavation Project Publication Series. ISBN 9788779342590. Skre...
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    he took over Värmland as well. He died of old age and was buried near Skiringssal. The Historia Norwegiæ makes no connection with Olof Trätälja and only...
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  • Dagfinn: «The dating of Ynglingatal». In: Skre, D (Red.): Kaupang in Skiringssal. Kaupang Excavation Project, Århus/Oslo 2007. s. 407-429 (Norske oldfunn;...
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    Gokstad 1929 138.45 Hosle 1929 139.52 Sandefjord 141.00 Virik 1930 142.33 Skiringssal 1928 143.27 Bærløkka 1929 Førstad 1929 144.71 Jåberg 1881 Istre 1929...
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    benefactor of a wealthy man from Sandefjord who paid his schooling, first at Skiringssal (1902-1903), later at Grundtvigs folk school in Lyngby, Denmark. From...
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    lærarskule 1889. He was the second teacher in 1893 and principal in 1896 at Skiringssals ungdomsskule. Later in his life, Risting became interested in whaling...
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