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Kvenland,
known as Cwenland, Qwenland, Kænland, and
similar terms in
medieval sources, is an
ancient name for an area in
Fennoscandia and Scandinavia....
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kings that
ruled in
Kvenland. In
Egils saga
Faravid is
directly said to be the "King of
Kvenland". Two
other sagas that
mention Kvenland,
Hversu Noregr byggðist...
- Kári ('wind'). It is also the name of a
legendary king of "Finland and
Kvenland". The prin****l
study of this
figure is by
Margaret Clunies Ross. The etymology...
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Faravid was a
legendary King of
Kvenland who is
mentioned in the
Icelandic Egils saga from the
early 13th century.
According to the saga,
Faravid made...
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Oxford University, 1984, ISBN 9780192851390, pp. 24–25. Kyösti Julku,
Kvenland - Kainuunmaa,
Studia historica septentrionalia 11, Oulu, 1986, OCLC 757840399...
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references and
possible references to
Kvenland by
other names and/or
spellings are
discussed in the main
article of
Kvenland.
During the
Viking Age, Estonia...
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earliest reference to sea-kings.
There the
original line of 'kings' of
Kvenland (present-day Finland) ends with the
father of Gor Thorr****on 'Sea King'...
- Egil's Saga from
approximately the 13th
century mentions the
people of
Kvenland led by
their king
Faravid waging war
against the Karelians.
According to...
- Nór
travelled from
Kvenland to
Trondheim Egil's saga
described how
Thorolf travelled from
Namdalen (north of Trondheim) to
Kvenland Writer of the publication...
- Hålogaland, goes to
Kvenland again: That same
winter Thorolf went up on the fell with a
hundred men; he p****ed on at once
eastwards to
Kvenland and met King...
