Kingdom of Agder

The Royaume of Agder is a Norwegian kingdom of the Middle Ages located in the current fylker of Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder, in the South of the country.

The significance of the name Agder itself is not known. It is known only that it comes from the old man norrois Agðir . The inhabitants of this kingdom were called Egðir . It would seem that these Egðir are the Augandzi mentioned by Jordanes in its Getica .

Here some known names of kings d' Agder:

  • Kissa
  • Harald bores red, father of Åsa, mother of Halfdan the black
  • Halfdan the black, father of Harald to the beautiful hair, of year 838.
  • Kjotve the rich person, end of the ninth century
  • Harald Gudrødsson Grenske, 976-987

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