Editing Horten (section)

===Borre mounds===
[[File:Borre_mound_cemetery_Norway.jpg|thumb|left|Burial mound at [[Borre National Park]], Norway's first national park.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Børresen |first=Svein E |title=Vestfoldboka: en reise i kultur og natur |publisher=Skagerrak forl |year=2004 |isbn=9788292284070 |pages=48 |language=no}}</ref>]]
'''''Borrehaugene''''' (from [[Borre, Norway|Borre]], the name of a local village and "haugene" from the [[Old Norse]] word ''haugr'' meaning mound) was the first national park to be founded in Norway. Borre National Park is situated between the towns of [[Horten (town)|Horten]] and [[Åsgårdstrand]]. The park provides important historical knowledge, and can be seen as evidence that there was a center of power here in the [[Viking Age]]. The excavations also uncovered an unusually good selection of craft work, much of which is on display in [[Oslo]] at the [[Viking Ship Museum in Oslo|Viking Ship Museum]]. This style has become known as "Borre style" and is, today, known for its animal and knot ornaments, which were often used for decorating harnesses. The finds also confirm that there was a Viking ship buried at Borrehaugene.

'''[[Borre mound cemetery]]''' at Borre National Park contains [[Grave (burial)|graves]] of kings dating back to the [[Migration Period]]. The park covers {{convert|45|acre|m2}} and has the largest collection of kings' graves in [[Scandinavia]].  These burial mounds may represent North Europe's most extensive collection of graves of the old Scandinavian [[Yngling]] dynasty. From 1989 to 1991, new excavations were undertaken both in and around the [[national park]].