Helgeland
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Helgeland is the most southerly district in Northern Norway. Generally speaking, Helgeland refers to the part of Nordland county that is located south of the Arctic Circle. It is bordered in the north
The Seven Sisters in Alstahaug Municipality
Tonnes in Lurøy
The Vega archipelago is on the Unesco World Heritage List.
Alstahaug Church, a stone church built in the 12th century
Hålogaland
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Hålogaland was the northernmost of the Norwegian provinces in the medieval Norse sagas. In the early Viking Age, before Harald Fairhair, Hålogaland was a kingdom extending between the Namdalen valley
Helgeland
…in the district: from south to north these are Brønnøysund, Mosjøen, Sandnessjøen, and Mo i Rana. The Old Norse form of the name was Hálogaland (see Hålogaland). Helgeland is commonly divided into three or four sections…
Hålogaland around 1000 CE
Tromsø, by Peder Balke The painting illustrates the rugged fjords and island terrain in Hålogaland.
Chieftain House at Borg in Lofoten Lofotr Viking Museum