Battle of Hjörungavágr

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Hjörungavágr


caption=The hailstorm during the battle
partof=
date=Circa 986
place=Coast of Sunnmøre
result=Norwegian victory
combatant1=Norway
combatant2=Jomsvikings
commander1=Hákon Sigurðarson
Eiríkr Hákonarson
Sveinn Hákonarson
commander2=Sigvaldi Strut-Haraldsson
Vagn Ákason
Búi digri
strength1=180 ships
strength2=60 ships
casualties1=
casualties2=
The Battle of Hjörungavágr (Modern Norwegian Hjørungavåg) is a semi-legendary naval battle that took place in the late 10th century between the Jarls of Lade and a Danish invasion fleet led by the fabled Jomsvikings. The battle is described in the Norse kings' sagas—such as "Heimskringla"—as well as in "Jómsvíkinga saga" and Saxo Grammaticus' "Gesta Danorum". Those late literary accounts are fanciful but historians believe that they contain a kernel of truth. Some contemporary skaldic poetry alludes to the battle, including verses by Þórðr Kolbeinsson and Tindr Hallkelsson.

References

*Megaard, John. "Hvor sto "Slaget i Hjörungavágr"? : Jomsvikingeberetningens stedsnavn og Sæmundr fróði". [http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~alvismal/9slaget.pdf]
*Slupecki, Leszek P. "Facts and Fancy in Jómsvíkinga saga". (abstract) [http://www.dur.ac.uk/medieval.www/absfile9.htm]