- Älv
estuary was the
border between the
Kingdoms of
Norway and Denmark.
Geatland is the land in
which the
medieval hero of the poem
Beowulf is said to have...
- and his
court were
terrorized by the
monstrous Grendel,
Beowulf left
Geatland (West Götaland) and
sailed to
Zealand with
fourteen warriors in
order to...
- However, his
brother was the king of
Geatland and, like Beowulf, Bǫðvarr
Bjarki arrived in
Denmark from
Geatland. Moreover, his
killing of the monster...
- Swedish: Götakungar),
ruling over the
provinces of Götaland (Gautland/
Geatland),
appear in
several sources for
early Swedish history. Today, most of them...
-
causes their father Hrethel to die from grief. Then Hæþcyn
becomes king of
Geatland.
During the Swedish-Geatish wars, Hæþcyn
kidnaps the
Swedish queen, and...
- sons, and the
founder of the
kingdom of the Geats, Götaland (Gautland/
Geatland), in Bósa saga ok Herrauðs (c. 1300). This Gautr/Gauti also
appears as...
-
attacks the hall and is then also defeated. Victorious,
Beowulf goes home to
Geatland in
Sweden and
later becomes king of the Geats.
After fifty years have p****ed...
- one of the
later settings, his
father Gaut gave his name to Götaland (
Geatland). In Nafnaþulur, he is
mentioned as one of the sea-kings,
after his father...
-
takes revenge and is in turn defeated. Victorious,
Beowulf goes home to
Geatland and
becomes king of the Geats.
Fifty years later,
Beowulf defeats a dragon...
- synonymous, and
described as a
separate country from Götaland/Gautland/
Geatland. In Sögubrot af
Nokkrum for instance, Kolmården
between Svealand and Östergötland...
