Hålogaland was the northernmost of the Norwegian provinces. In the early Viking Age, before Harald Fairhair, Hålogaland was a petty kingdom extending between Namdalen in Nord-Trøndelag and Lyngen in Troms. Perhaps the best known inhabitant was Ottar from Hålogaland. Norway - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Harald I (b. ... County NO-17 Region Trøndelag Administrative centre Steinkjer County mayor Inger Lise Gjørv Area  - Total  - Percentage Ranked 6 22,412 km² 6. ... The municipality Lyngen in the county of Troms, Norway, has 3,183 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... Troms is a county in Norway, bordering Finnmark and Nordland. ...

The first earl of Lade, Håkon Grjotgardsson, ruler of Trøndelag, came from Hålogaland, and sought to extend his kingdom southwards. Here, he met with Harald Fairhair, and joined him. Harald I (b. ...

In the Heimskringla, a man called Gudlög led a number of Norwegian pirates that were fought by the Swedish king Jorund in the Heimskringla, and king Godgest was given a horse by the Swedish king Adils. Heimskringla is the Icelandic name of a collection of sagas recorded in Iceland around 1225 by the poet and historian Snorri Sturluson (1179-1242). ... Jorund or Eorund was a Swedish king of the House of Yngling. ... Heimskringla is the Icelandic name of a collection of sagas recorded in Iceland around 1225 by the poet and historian Snorri Sturluson (1179-1242). ... Adils pursuing Hrolf Kraki on the Fýrisvellir Eadgils (Beowulf), Adils the Great, or Athisl (Saxo Grammaticus) (all forms are based an older Aðgils, the Anglo-Saxon form is not etymologically identical but it was the only corresponding name used by the Anglo-Saxons) was a Swedish king of...

The initial population of Hålogaland may be the Adogit (Halogit?) that Jordanes named as the most northern tribe of Scandza. Jordanes (also Jordanis or even Iornandes, bold as a boar) was a 6th century historian in Moesia (modern Bulgaria), who provides most of the literary evidence concerning the early history of the Goths, by giving a very criticized condensation of a lost history by Cassiodorus under the title De origine... Scandza was the name given to Scandinavia by Jordanes, in his work Getica. ...

In modern times, Hålogaland is the landscapes covered by the municipalities Bjarkøy, Gratangen, Harstad, Ibestad, Kvæfjord, Lødingen, Skånland and Tjeldsund. The municipality Gratangen in the county of Troms, Norway, has 1,316 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... Harstad is a town and municipality in the county of Troms on the island of Hinnøya, Norway. ... The municipality Ibestad in the county of Troms, Norway, has 1,647 inhabitants As of october 1. ... The municipality Tjeldsund in the county of Nordland, Norway, has 1,477 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ...

See also: Nord-Norge