Halvdanshaugen (Tingelstad)

Halvdanshaugen from Tingelstad

The Halvdanshaugen ( Halvdans Hill ) in Tingelstad ( Norwegian Halvdanshaugen på Tingelstad - also Tingelsad) is one of four burial mounds with this name in Norway .

Halvdan's Kingdom - in red

Illustration of the Halvdansaga

The hills are named after Halfdan Haraldsson the Black (around 810 - 860), king in Vestfold and father of Harald Fairhair . Halfdan Haraldsson of the same name is said to have been his grandfather; another the father of Ivar Vidfamne .

description

The Halvdanshaugen in Tingelstad is located on the highest point of the mountain ridge, at the Hadeland Folkemuseum in Tingelstad in Gran in Innlandet . The round hill has a diameter of about 13.0 m, is 1.75 m high and has a flattened top of about 5.0 m in diameter.

According to the antiquarian Nicolay Nicolaysen , there was a building stone on the hill. It was erected on the hill by the Norwegian Conservation Society. However, the building stone has disappeared. Today there is a copy of Dyna stones on the hill.

Halfdan's death

Snorri Sturluson tells of Hálfdan's death that he crossed the frozen Randsfjord on a return trip from Hadaland. He and his entourage broke in at the age of 40 and died. Because fertility was associated with his rule, the body was divided and the parts buried in several burial mounds. Snorri describes a funerary custom that is more reminiscent of the contemporary Christian worship of relics than a pagan custom of the 9th century, especially since Sæmundur fróði writes that Halvdan got a tumulus in Ringerike .

Nearby is the stone circle of Vestre Bilden .