War With Sweden
In 1097 Magnus Barefoot had first moved into Götaland to secure the Norwegian border, and to pacify the areas along the economically important traffic artery. By the big lake Vänern he let build a fortication with a garrison of 300 men. The Swedish king demanded that the Norwegians surrender and they subsequently returned to Norway. In the year 1100, King Magnus began a campaign against Swedish King Inge Stenkilsson to support his claim to the region west of Lake Vänern. He sacked a larger area of Götaland. But the war did not lead to lasting results. At the peace meeting in 1101 (called the meeting of the three kings) at Kungahälla in Norwegian Båhuslen, now Kungälv, three Scandinavian kings were present; King Inge the Elder of Sweden, King Eric I of Denmark, and King Magnus of Norway. Magnus agreed to marry King Inge's daughter Margaret Fredkulla as part of the peace settlement.
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