The First Battle of Solskjel (''Slaget ved Solskjel'') was the first engagement in Harald Fairhair's attempt to subjugate western Norway to his rule. The two kings of Nordmøre and Romsdal had joined forces to stop the fleet of king Harald, who was sailing south from Trøndelag. Harald was again victorious, and his two opponents

Huntiof, King of Nordmøre Huntjov was according to Snorri Sturlasson king in Nordmøre before and during Harald Fairhair's wars of conquest. Together with his son Solve Klove and his father-in-law, king Nokkve of Romsdal, he led an army to stop king Harald from advancing ...

and his father-in-law, King Nokkve of Romsdal, were both slain in battle. However

Solve Klove Solve may refer to: * Sölve, viking king of Sweden * SOLVE, an American environmental organization * Solve (advertising agency) * "Solve" (song), by Japanese pop band Dream * HSwMS ''Sölve'' See also * Equation solving * Problem solving ...

, the son of King Huntiof escaped. After the battle Harald laid both countries under his rule, and stayed there for the rest of the summer.''ca 863 - Slaget ved Solskjel'' (Middelalder på Sunnmøre)
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References

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* Sturluson, Snorri.
Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway
', translated Lee M. Hollander. Reprinted University of Texas Press, Austin, 1992.

Other sources

* Finlay, Alison (editor and translator) ''Fagrskinna, a Catalogue of the Kings of Norway'' (Brill Academic. 2004) * Hermannsson, Halldór (2009) ''Bibliography of the sagas of the kings of Norway'' (BiblioBazaar) *Jones, Gwyn (1984) ''A History of the Vikings'' (Oxford University Press. 2nd ed) .

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