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	Birkebeiner.no
		The word birkebeiner, birch-leg, has come to mean a man strong in adversity, never daunted by trials and hardship.
		The birkebeiners had gained ascendancy over great parts of the country, but the rival faction, the baglers, prevailed in the East of Norway.
		After the birkebeiner chieftain Haakon died on New Years Day in 1204, the baglers saw a dangerous rival pretender in his son Haakon Haakonsson, who was born in 1204, a few weeks after his fathers death.
	www.birkebeiner.no /felles_eng/index.php?sid=13 (284 words)

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		During spring 1196 the Bagler party was formed at HalÃ¸r in Denmark in opposition against Sverre.
		The Baglers had Inge hailed as king on Borgarting and soon established a firm control over the Viken region, with Oslo as their main seat.
		In the aftermath of this battle the Baglers further consolidated their hold on TrÃ¸ndelag and many went over to what they believed to be the winning side.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Sverre_of_Norway (4296 words)

	Inga-laami 2008 - Norway's largest all-female ski event
		The baglers were strong in the area on both sides of the Oslo fjord, also in Inga's home district, where she gave birth to a son in the summer of 1204.
		The birkebeiners knew that the life of young Håkon was at stake and decided to take him up north to Nidaros (Trondheim), where the newly elected birkebeiner king Inge had established his court, and where the child would be safe.
		They came to Hamar on Christmas Eve, but left that township in a hurry, because bishop Ivar there was a sly supporter of the baglers and had got news of the child being in his diocese.
	www.inga-laami.no /eng/page.php?id=8 (1520 words)

	Old Tønsberg: Castle Hill : Dream and Reality
		The town council's gavel is made of Bagler oak and the County Museum has several authentic logs from the well.
		The scout was forced down by arrows shot by the Baglers on the mountain.
		But he was able to report on the latest defences and the fact that the Baglers had placed an upturned boat over the well.
	www-bib.hive.no /tekster/tunsberg/slottsfjellet/castle-hill/slott3.html (5113 words)

	Hardingasete - A Norwegian Hideaway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The "Baglers" were overthrown and were in exile for many years.
		However he was killed by the "Baglers" in 1205 when they came to Eidfjord in Hardanger over the Hardanger plateau (Hardanger-vidda).
		Torgrim killed one of the "Baglers" leaders, Jon Usle, but was himself killed in the autumn of 1206 in a vendetta while staying in Bergen.
	www.hardingasete.no /english/historie.html (286 words)

	Bagler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bagli Party or Bagler was a faction or party during the Norwegian Civil Wars.
		It contested with the Birkebeiners, essentially a faction of peasants, led by the pretender King Sverre, for control in a Norwegian civil war during the late 12th century.
		Bagler also favored the church and its privileges and possessions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bagler (721 words)

	26TH GENERATION
		Apparently she was successful in convincing Bjarne to switch sides as he was later among the supporters of the Bagler (bishop's party) faction who were fighting the king.
		Quite a few of Hålogaland's best men attached themselves to the baglers (the clerical party of the 13th century Norwegian civil wars) and marched under their standard in 1198.
		In 1199, King Sverre sent men north to punish the bagler supporters for their opposition the previous year and it is believed that he captured Bjarne Mårdsson, Brynjulf Mjolar and many other distinguished men.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~austring/d1103.htm (641 words)

	Nordic Ski Racer - Origins of the American Birkebeiner
		The Birkebeinerrennet, a 55 kilometer ski race in Norway, was established in 1922 to commemorate the feat of the Birkebeiners.
		Expanding his influence and fighting with Baglers throughout his reign until his death in 1202, he managed to unite most of Norway.
		They were so labeled by the Baglers, who sought to discredit them by claiming that they were so poor that they had to wear birch bark shoes.
	nordicskiracer.com /cgi-bin/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=438 (1356 words)

	Mary Kreul's Fourth Grade Class
		The Birkebeiner is a cross-country ski race that commemorates the long-ago rescue of King Hakon of Norway from his enemies the Baglers in 1206.
		Their decision was to make the main character King Hakon a four year old boy who was still being pursued by his enemies the Baglers.
		The Baglers took Inga by surprise, however, so she did not have time to protect her son.
	comsewogue.k12.ny.us /~ssilverman/kidspiredfrosty/kreul/kreul.htm (1280 words)

	The Race of the Birkebeiners (Book Review)
		An escape to Nidaros (now Trondheim), they determined, was his best bet, as there he would be under the powerful protection of the Birkebeiner chieftains (so named because of the birch bark worn around their legs).
		The entourage made it safely to Nidaros, but there they were confronted by Bagler claims that Håkon was not really the legitimate heir to his father’s legacy.
		His mother, Inga of Varteig, was forced to prove her virtue and honesty by undergoing the Ordeal of the Burning Irons.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/norwegian_culture/97981 (414 words)

	Nordic Culture > The Birkebeiner Race, Nordic skiing between Rena and Lillehammer - Scandinavica.com
		Around the year 1200 AD, Norway was practically in a state of civil war, with many rivals fighting for the control of the country.
		The two main factions were the Baglers, a powerful dinasty from Østerdalen, and the Birkebeiners, which were corageous but very poor.
		The word Birke-Beiner (Birch-Leg) points that those people were so poor that they had to tie bark of the birch trees around their legs as foot-wear.
	www.scandinavica.com /culture/sports/birkebeiner.htm (741 words)

	Old Tønsberg: Castle Hill : The Hill - the Castle - Tunsbergshus
		The well-known descriptions in Sverre's saga give many amusing details of the siege of the mountain during the last winter the king was alive.
		Despite all the stratagems and attempts to storm the wooden citadels over the approaches, Reidar Sendemann and the Baglers held out for a full 20 weeks until hunger drove them down.
		Erling Skakke was often in Tunsberg in the 1160s so one can well imagine that there maybe something in Saxo's account about the fortification of the hill, but there is little point in speculating further about what might have been done.
	www-bib.hive.no /tekster/tunsberg/slottsfjellet/castle-hill/slott4.html (3996 words)

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		The castle fell to the baglers and was destroyed, but was rebuilt by HÃ¥kon Jarl.
		The baglers destroyed it a second time and it has been rebuilt several times.
		Much of the present day fortifications are from the 17th century and the fortress participated in the Battle of VÃ¥gen.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Sverresborg_(Bergen) (249 words)

	The Race of the Birkebeiners
		Their rivals, the Baglers, were rich noblemen who wanted to claim the throne for themselves.
		His Queen, Inge, hid her baby for over a year to keep him safe, but as the Baglers became stronger, and threatened the life of the prince, she realized it was time to travel north to Nidaros where the Birkebeiners would protect them, and the prince could take his rightful place on the throne.
		To outwit the Baglers, this small band of Birkebeiners decided to ski over the mountains at the darkest, coldest, most dangerous time of the year, braving fierce storms to bring their Queen and baby Prince to safety.....
	www.xmlwriter.net /books/viewbook/The_Race_of_the_Birkebeiners-0618103139.html (1005 words)

	Katherine Hall Page - Excerpts from "The Boy in the Snowdrift"
		To keep Haakon Haakonsson, the tiny heir of the dying king, safe from the rival faction, the Baglers, two Birkebeiners took him far across the mountains to safety.
		It was a perilous journey to make in the winter, freezing cold, but the skiers, with the boy strapped to one of their backs, made it.
		He grew up to become King Haakon and defeated the Baglers, bringing the country to new heights of glory.
	www.katherine-hall-page.org /snowdrift_excerpts.html (1794 words)

	Birkebeiner Carving
		Around 1200 AD, Norway was in a state of civil war, with many rivals fighting for the control of the country.
		The two main factions were the Baglers, a powerful dynasty from Osterdalen, and the Birkebeiners, who were courageous,
		Norwegian mountains to escape from the Baglers and take the young prince to safety in the city of Trondheim.
	sherpe.com /carving/Birkebeiner_Carving.html (255 words)

	Amazon.com: The Race of the Birkebeiners: Books: Lise Lunge-Larsen,Mary Azarian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Their rivals, the Baglers, were rich noblemen who wanted to claim the throne for themselves.
		His Queen, Inge, hid her baby for over a year to keep him safe, but as the Baglers became stronger, and threatened the life of the prince, she realized it was time to travel north to Nidaros where the Birkebeiners would protect them, and the prince could take his rightful place on the throne.
		To outwit the Baglers, this small band of Birkebeiners decided to ski over the mountains at the darkest, coldest, most dangerous time of the year, braving fierce storms to bring their Queen and baby Prince to safety.....
	www.amazon.com /Race-Birkebeiners-Lise-Lunge-Larsen/dp/0618103139 (1751 words)

	The Race of the Birkebeiners By Lise Lunge-Larsen (Ages 4-8)
		The year is 1206; in Norway, the King has died leaving as his heir a young son, born three weeks after his death.
		But the Baglers want to kill the little prince and put in a prince of their own.
		And so they set out — but a great snowstorm comes up and the little group is slowed down; the Baglers are gaining on them when two of the Birkeneiners, the strongest skiers in the land, offer to take the prince on ahead.
	www.lilypadbooks.com /scstore/p-RaceBirke.html (197 words)

	Information about Sverre of Norway
		The two sides now spent a year raiding each other’s territories with no lasting gains for either side, although the Birkebeiners had the upper hand at sea.
		Excommunication is a religious censure which is used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious community.
		The Bagli Party or Bagler was a faction or party during the Norwegian Civil Wars.
	english.turkcebilgi.com /Sverre_of_Norway (4836 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Alv Erlingsson d.e. av Tornberg
		Veien, Veigvin and Veigini, is known from the Middle Ages to have been the chieftain seat of Filippus Baglerkonge (d.
		Filippus became one of the leaders of the Baglers during the civil war (1196-1217) between the Baglers and Birchlegs, though his party lost the war.
		Thornberg, Tannberg and Tandberg, is known from the Middle Ages to have been the chieftain seat of lendmann (kind of fief-lord) Alv of Thornberg (d.
	nygaard.howards.net /files/2/1497.htm (434 words)

	Read more 1540-41
		Håkon Håkonsson grew up in a period of internal conflict, dominated by the Birchlegs and the Baglers under their rivalling kings.
		To keep him safe from the Baglers, he was sent to his father’s successor, King Inge, in Trondheim in the winter of 1205-1206.
		Best known is the part where two skiers carry the royal infant over the mountains in the cold and driving snow from Lillehammer to Østerdalen.
	www.posten.no /Portal/English/NorwayPostPhilatelicServices/StampProgramme/Read+more+1540-41.htm (393 words)

	Skiing - an enjoyable winter activity (Norway - the official site in Canada)
		The word birkebeiner has come to mean a man strong in adversity, never daunted by trials and hardship.
		After the birkebeiner chieftain Haakon died on New Years Day in 1204, the baglers saw a dangerous rival in his infant son Haakon Haakonsson.
		His life was in grave danger, and the birkebeiners wanted to bring him to safety in Trondheim.
	www.emb-norway.ca /culture/sports/skiing/birkebeinerrennet.htm (879 words)

	kinda cool [Archive] - Teton Gravity Research Forums
		The year is 1206; in Norway, the King has died leaving as his heir a young son, born three weeks after his death.
		But the Baglers want to kill the little prince and put in a prince of their own.
		And so they set out — but a great snowstorm comes up and the little group is slowed down; the Baglers are gaining on them when two of the Birkeneiners, the strongest skiers in the land, offer to take the prince on ahead.
	www.tetongravity.com /forums/archive/index.php?t-5818.html (316 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		However, please continue to browse the site for details on your favourite athlete, event, or moment of the Games.
		The most famous cross-country skiing legend dates back to 1206 A.D. and involves a bitter civil war between the Birkebeiner and Bagler clans.
		The peace-loving Birkebeiner King Haakon III died, leaving a baby son, and soon a group of Baglers made plans to murder the child, who was next in line to the throne.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/sports/crosscountry/history.shtml (1020 words)

	Norwegian Ski Race Celebrates its 800 Year History (Norway - the official site in Malaysia)
		A civil war was raging throughout Norway, with chiefs and kings fighting over power and influence.
		The Birkebeiner group's newborn royalty, Haakon Haakonssøn was in great danger and with the enemy, the Baglers, in close pursuit, two Birkebeiners took a dangerous journey to bring the young child to safety with his chief, King Inge.
		Haakonssøn grew up to be a strong leader and was responsible for ending the destructive civil war.
	www.norway.org.my /culture/sports/winter/birkebeinerskirace.htm (361 words)

	October Global Getaways @ National Geographic Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The event commemorates a historic exodus that saved the life of a Norwegian king.
		In the early 1200s, the rivalry between the Birkebeiners and Baglers for the throne took a turn when Birkebeiner chieftain Haakon died on New Year's Day in 1204.
		A few weeks later the chieftain's son, Haakon Haakonsson, was born, an event that threatened the Baglers.
	magma.nationalgeographic.com /ngm/0410/getaways.html (835 words)

	Europe's 12th-Century Development by Sanderson Beck
		Archbishop Eystein returned in 1187; but his successor refused to crown Sverrir and fled to Denmark in 1190.
		The last six years of Sverrir's life were spent fighting rebels called Baglers, who took control of the Oslo area.
		Sverrir wrote a history to justify his policies.
	www.san.beck.org /AB20-Europe12thCentury.html (23248 words)

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