-
Fyrisvellir,
Fyris Wolds, or Fyrisvallarna, was the
marshy plain (vellir)
south of
Gamla Uppsala where travellers had to
leave the
ships on the river...
- The
Battle of
Fýrisvellir was
fought in the 980s on the
plain called Fýrisvellir,
where modern Uppsala is situated,
between King Eric the
Victorious and...
- "Sala"
river in
Uppland was
changed in the 17th
century in
memory of the
Fyrisvellir battle,
mentioned in the
Icelandic sagas, as it was the
belief that the...
- –
after defeating an
invasion force from the
south in the
Battle of
Fýrisvellir which took
place near Uppsala. A
brother of Eric's
named Olof allegedly...
-
against Styrbjörn's
uncle King Eric the
Victorious at the
Battle of the
Fýrisvellir, Uppsala, in 984 or 985,
while trying to take the
crown of
Sweden by...
- Eric the Victorious, who
defeated and
killed Styrbjörn at the
Battle of
Fyrisvellir. As with many
figures in the sagas,
doubts have been cast on his existence...
- in
their path (later in the work, this is
referred to as "sowing the
Fyrisvellir"),
although there was a
rumour that she only
spread gilded copper. When...
- near the
coast of France/Frisia,
while Hugleik was
allegedly killed at
Fyrisvellir in Sweden.[citation needed] When Hugleik's
father and
uncle had killed...
- fled with his
Danes to
avoid facing the
Swedish army at the
Battle of
Fýrisvellir. In the wake of Otto I's death,
Harald attacked Saxony in 973. Otto II...
- and when he died at Uppsala, he was
transported over the
Fyris Wolds (
Fyrisvellir) and
burnt on the
banks of the river,
where a
stone was
raised over his...
