Editing Vingulmark (section)

==History==
According to medieval [[kings' sagas]], it was a [[Viking Age]] [[petty kingdom]]. Vingulmark was one of the four counties under the Court of Law, which together constituted the ancient landscape of [[Viken, Norway|Viken]]. Archaeologists have made finds of richly endowed burials in the area around the estuary of the river [[Glomma]], at [[Onsøy]], [[Rolvsøy]] and [[Tune, Norway|Tune]], where the remains of a ship, the [[Tune ship]], were found. This indicates that there was an important center of power in this area.<ref>Bergljot Solberg, ''Jernalderen i Norge'', (Oslo, 2000), p. 279</ref>

There are indications that at least the southern part of this area was under Danish rule in the late 9th century. In the account of [[Ohthere of Hålogaland|Ottar]], which was written down at the court of the 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 of Vingulmark.

Snorri Sturluson writes in [[Heimskringla]] and [[Fagrskinna]], that King [[Harald Fairhair]] inherited part of Vingulmark from his father [[Halfdan the Black]]. King Harald defeated King [[Gandalf Alfgeirsson|Gandalf]], who had previously held half of Vingulmark. [[Snorri Sturluson]] relates in ''[[Heimskringla]]'' that the area was also claimed by the Swedish King [[Erik Emundsson]]. The Norwegians invaded [[Götaland]] to defend their claim.<ref>[http://mcllibrary.org/Heimskringla/halfdan.html ''Halfdan the Black Saga'' (Heimskringla or The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway)]</ref><ref>[http://mcllibrary.org/Heimskringla/harfager.html ''Harald Harfager's Saga'' (Heimskringla or The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway)]</ref>