Vingulmark
Vingulmark was the name of a
Viking Age petty kingdom around
Oslofjorden. It seems that it once extended to the
county of
Østfold in addition to the areas of the current
municipalities Oslo,
Bærum,
Asker,
Røyken,
Hurum,
Lier and
Eiker in south-eastern
Norway.
Snorri Sturluson relates in the
Heimskringla that it was conquered from the Swedish king
Erik Emundsson by king
Harald Fairhair when he united Norway.
Some known kings of Vingulmark are:
*
Gudrød the Hunter, half of Vingulmark
* Alfgeir (Old Norse:
Álfgeir)
*
Gandalf Alfgeirsson*
Halfdan the Black*
Olaf Haraldsson*
Tryggve Olafsson*
Harald Gudrødsson Grenske,
976-
987*
Svein Alfivuson,
1030-
1035During the middle ages, Vingulmark was an administrative unit limited to
Oslo,
Bærum and
Asker.
See also: Viken
