Parts of the Swedish fleet would nevertheless suffer defeat at the battle of Grævlingesund southeast of Hvaler in May.
The fleet of Sigurd Slembe and Magnus the Blind finally met the fleet of the child kings Sigurd and Inge Haraldsson on 12 November 1139, near the island Holmengrå south of Hvaler.
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The Battle of Holmengrå (Norwegian: Slaget ved Holmengrå) was a naval battle fought on 12 November 1139 near the island Holmengrå south of Hvaler, between the forces of the child kings Sigurd Haraldsson and Inge Haraldsson on the one side, and on the other side the pretender Sigurd Slembe and his ally King Magnus the Blind (by Sigurd's claim his nephew).
The invasion of Hvaler, was a Swedish military invasion of the Norwegian archipelago during the Swedish-Norwegian War of 1814.
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Rød is a village on the island Asmaløy in Hvaler municipality, Norway.
Vikerhavn is a small fishing harbour and village on the southern part of the island Asmaløy in the Hvaler municipality of Østfold county, Norway.