Ramsta or Ramstad (
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...
: ''Hrafnista'') is a small farming
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in
Nærøysund
Nærøysund is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Namdalen. The municipality was established on 1 January 2020 after the merger of the old municipalities of Vikna and Nærøy. The municipali ...
municipality in
Trøndelag
Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located about half-way between the villages of
Abelvær
Abelvær is a fishing village in Nærøysund municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located on the small island of Store Kalvøy at the mouth of the Folda Folda may refer to:
Places
* Folda, Angus, a hamlet in Angus, Scotland
...
and
Steine on an island near the mouth of the
Folda Folda may refer to:
Places
* Folda, Angus, a hamlet in Angus, Scotland
* Folda, Nordland, a fjord in Nordland county, Norway
* Folda (Rindal), a river in Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag counties in Norway
* Folda, Trøndelag, a firth and fjord in T ...
fjord.
It was the home of a family from which came several heroes in a group of
legendary sagas called the ''
Hrafnistumannasögur The ''Hrafnistumannasögur'' is a group of legendary sagas surrounding the family of Ketil Trout of Halogaland. (Ketil is sometimes confused with his grandson, Ketil Trout of Namdalen.) The group is named after Hrafnista, modern Ramsta in northe ...
''. The islands of Nærøy were an old central meeting place, not only for the people of
Namdalen, but also for people from neighbouring districts.
See also
*
Sölve
Sölve was a sea-king who conquered Sweden by burning the Swedish king Östen to death inside his hall.
The ''Heimskringla'' relates that he was the son of Högne of Nærøy, and that he had his home in Jutland (however, according to the olde ...
, another legendary Norse hero from Nærøy.
References
Saga locations
Villages in Trøndelag
Nærøysund
Nærøy
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