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3 unusual facts about Hálogaland


Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

The interior is dominated by the altar, a copy of the Resurrection by Adolph Tidemand.

Ketils saga hœngs

Ketils saga hœngs is a legendary saga from Iceland on the North Norwegian chieftain Kettil Trout from Ramsta (Hrafnista) in Hålogaland.

Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Irpa

According to Skáldskaparmál chapter 42, Hölgi (a traditional eponym of the northernmost Norwegian province Hålogaland) is also Þorgerðr's father.


Karenus Kristofer Thinn

From 1891 he was a presiding judge (lagmann) in Hålogaland, Borgarting and Agder.

Nór

Hálfdanar saga Eysteinssonar ('Saga of Halfdan Eystein's son') states instead that Trondheim was named from King Thránd, the father of Eirek the Traveller, but also states that Thrand was son of King Sæmingr of Hálogaland, son of Odin, and that Thránd's mother and Sæmingr's wife was Nauma after whom Naumu Dale was named.

Øystein Ingar Larsen

Øystein Ingar Larsen (born 1 November 1941 in Aker) was Bishop of the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland from 1992 to 2006.


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