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HlogalandHlogaland was the northernmost of the Norwegian provinces. In the early Viking Age, before Harald Fairhair, Hlogaland was a petty kingdom. Its most famous inhabitants was Ottar from Hlogaland, a number of Norwegian pirates that were fought by the Swedish king Jorund in the Heimskringla, and king Godgest who was given a horse by the Swedish king Adils in the same work. Its population may be the Adogit (Halogit?) that Jordanes named as the most northern tribe of Scandza. In modern times, Hlogaland is the landscapes covered by the municipalities Bjarky, Gratangen, Harstad, Ibestad, Kvfjord, Ldingen, Sknland and Tjeldsund. See also: Nord-Norge
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