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Folkenborg (sometimes known as Folkinsberg) is a former nobles estate from the 12th-13th century located .94 miles southeast of 
Mysen
Mysen is the administrative center of the municipality of Eidsberg in the county of Østfold in Norway.
The town is named after the old farm of Mysen ( Norse ''Mysin'', from ''*Mosvin''), since the town is built on its ground. The first element i ...
located in the Viken (county)
Viken is a county under disestablishment in Eastern Norway that was established on 1 January 2020 by the merger of Akershus, Buskerud and Østfold with the addition of three other municipalities. Viken was controversial from the onset, with an ...
. It is famous for being the site where King Haakon IV of Norway
Haakon IV Haakonsson ( – 16 December 1263; Old Norse: ''Hákon Hákonarson'' ; Norwegian: ''Håkon Håkonsson''), sometimes called Haakon the Old in contrast to his namesake son, was King of Norway from 1217 to 1263. His reign lasted for 46 y ...
was born. In 1225 Haakon stayed here during his war with Värmland
Värmland () also known as Wermeland, is a '' landskap'' (historical province) in west-central Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland, and Närke, and is bounded by Norway in the west. Latin name versions are ''Va ...
which means that it was either a royal property or his own personal property. Since most of the royal property was inherited by Skule Bårdsson
Skule Bårdsson or Duke Skule (Norwegian: Hertug Skule) (Old Norse: Skúli Bárðarson) ( – 24 May 1240) was a Norwegian nobleman and claimant to the royal throne against his son-in-law, King Haakon Haakonsson. Henrik Ibsen's play '' Kongs- ...
it is likely to have been a Patrimony probably from his mother Inga. Despite some spellings as -berg the proper spelling is -borg because berg would imply a mountain but there is none on the site. Instead it is more likely that there was a Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
History
In the Middle Ag ...
(Borg) which could range from a walled settlement to a fortified house. Folkenborg is referred to as a "homestead" and was thus probably a fortified manor house.
References
{{Reflist Viken (county)