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Kungahälla (
Norwegian:
Konghelle) was a medieval
Norwegian settlement in southern
Bohuslän on what is presently the property of
Kastellgården in
Kungälv Municipality.
The
Norwegian Kings' sagas talk of Konghelle as a
Viking Age settlement, excavations to date provide no evidence that the site was inhabited before the
12th century. There is, however, archaeological evidence for a royal estate slightly north of the city, dating back to the Viking Age, and to date only 1% of the Kungahälla site has been excavated.
According to
Snorri Sturluson, Kungahälla was the location of two important royal summits to conclude peace between Sweden and Norway. The first saw the two King Olafs,
Olaf the Stout of Norway and
Olof Skötkonung of Sweden, agree a peace treaty, ca
1020. The second is called the
meeting of the three kings, during which the three Scandinavian kings
Inge I of
Sweden,
Magnus Barefoot of
Norway and
Eric Evergood of
Denmark met in Kungahälla in
1101.
In
1135 the town was attacked and sacked by the
Wends. Snorri, writing a century later, said that Konghelle never completely recovered.
The first reliable mention of Konghelle appears around
1135 in writings by
Orderic Vitalis, which name the town as one of six Norwegian
civitates. The town was a centre of royal authority during the early middle ages, and especially the
13th century, when it was the Norwegian kingdom's southernmost outpost and played a role in
Haakon IV of Norway's expansionist politics. At this time the fort
Ragnhildsholmen fort and a
Franciscan monastery were constructed at the site, while the
12th century Kastellekloster monastery was rebuilt. In the early
14th century, Konghelle was the fief of
Eric Magnusson of Sweden, father of
Magnus II of Sweden, the future king of Sweden and Norway.
After the construction of the stronghold
Bohus in
1308, the castle on Ragnhildsholmen started to lose its importance as a royal seat. It isn't mentioned after
1320. In the later middle ages the town's importance further declined. It burned down in
1612, and was afterwards moved to a location near Bohus, and renamed
Kungälv.
Archaeological excavations began in the late
19th century (at the Ragnhildsholmen and the monastery of Kastellklostret sites) and continue today. The ruins are open to visitors.
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