Petty Kingdoms of Norway - Kingdom of Vingulmark

Kingdom of Vingulmark

Vingulmark is the old name for the area which today makes up the counties of Østfold and Akershus, and included the site of Norway's capital, Oslo, which had not been founded at this time. Archaeologists have made finds of richly endowed burials in the area around the estuary of the river Glomma, at Onsøy, Rolvsøy and Tune, where the remains of a ship, the Tune ship, was found. This indicates that there was a center of power in this area.

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 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.

Rulers:

• Gudrød the Hunter, half of Vingulmark
• Alfgeir (Old Norse: Álfgeir)
• Gandalf Alfgeirsson
• Halfdan the Black Son of Gudrød
• Olaf Haraldsson
• Tryggve Olafsson
• Harald Gudrødsson Grenske, 976-987
• Svein Alfivuson, 1030-1035