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Ramstad () is a small farming
village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in
Nærøysund Municipality Nærøysund is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Namdalen. The municipality was established on 1 January 2020 after the mer ...
in
Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...
county,
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. The village is located about half-way between the villages of
Abelvær Abelvær is a fishing village in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. Geography The village is located on the small island of Kalvøya at the mouth of the Folda Folda may refer to: Places * Folda, Angus, a hamlet in Angus, ...
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 Folda is a firth ...
fjord. It was the home of a family from which came several heroes in a group of
legendary saga A legendary saga or ''fornaldarsaga'' (literally, "story/history of the ancient era") is a Norse saga that, unlike the Icelanders' sagas, takes place before the settlement of Iceland.The article ''Fornaldarsagor'' in ''Nationalencyklopedin'' (1991 ...
s 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 norther ...
''. The islands of
Nærøy Nærøy or Nærøya may refer to: Places *Nærøya, an island in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Nærøya (Nordland), an island in Øksnes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway *Nærøy Municipality, a former municipality i ...
were an old central meeting place, not only for the people of
Namdalen Namdalen () is a Districts of Norway, traditional district in the central part of Norway, consisting of the municipalities of Namsos Municipality, Namsos, Grong Municipality, Grong, Overhalla Municipality, Overhalla, Røyrvik Municipality, Røyr ...
, but also for people from neighbouring districts.


See also

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Sölve Sölve () was a sea-king who conquered Vendel-period Sweden by burning the Swedish king Eysteinn to death inside his hall. The ''Heimskringla'' relates that he was the son of Högne of Njardö, and that he had his home in Jutland, although a ...
, another legendary Norse hero from Nærøy.


References

Saga locations Villages in Trøndelag Nærøysund Nærøy {{saga-stub