Skiringssal

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Skiringssal (Old Norse Skíringassal, literal translation: The Shining Hall) is the name of an area situated in the Norwegian municipalities of Larvik and Sandefjord, in the southern region of the county of Vestfold. Kaupang, the first known Norwegian trading outpost, was created at Skiringssal in the 9th century CE. Skiringssal (Anglo-Saxon: Sciringes heal) is mentioned in several early medieval sources, for instance King Alfred the Great of England's account of the travels of Ōhthere (in Anglo-Saxon, the Old Norse equivalent is Óttar).

Skiringssal is also the name of a folk high school in the vicinity of Sandefjord city.

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