Birkebeinervegen is a summer road that connects Østerdalen and Lillehammer. When the Birkibeinar (Birkebeinarane in Norwegian) took Hákon Hákonarson (Håkon Håkonsson in Norwegian) to safety in Trondheim from Lillehammer, by ski, they took that route to cross the Hedemarksvidda mountains into Østerdalen and then continued on North towards Niðaróss (Trond…
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