Editing Ringsaker (section)

===Harald Hårfagre in 882===
Ringsaker is first mentioned in King [[Harald I of Norway|Harald Hårfagre]]'s [[Saga]], in the [[Heimskringla]] by [[Snorri Sturluson]]. The saga reports that Harald Hårfagre (872–930) was but ten years old when he succeeded his father ([[Halfdan the Black]]). After Halfdan the Black's death, many chiefs coveted the dominions he had left. Among these [[Gandalf Alfgeirsson|King Gandalf]] was the first; then [[Högne]] and [[Fróði]], sons of [[Eystein Ivarsson|King Eystein]] of Hedemark; and also King Hogne Karuson of [[Ringerike (traditional district)|Ringerike]].

Hake, the son of Gandalf, led an expedition of 300 men against [[Vestfold]]. King Harald's army, led by Guthorm, met and fought a great battle, and King Harald was victorious, killing king Hake. Then King Harald turned back, but King Gandalf had come to Vestfold so they defeated him also. When the sons of King Eystein in Hedemark heard the news, they proposed to meet at Ringsaker in Hedemark with the remaining kings, Hogne Karuson and Herse Gudbrand. King Harald and Guthorm found out where the [[Oppland]] kings were meeting, and coming undetected at night, set fire to the houses in which Hogne Karuson and Herse Gudbrand slept. King Eystein's two sons and their men fought, but both Hogne and Frode died.

After the fall of these kings, King Harald had subdued Hedemark, Ringerike, [[Gudbrandsdal]], [[Hadeland]], Thoten, [[Romerike]], and the whole northern part of [[Vingulmark]]. In addition, King Gandalf was slain, and King Harald took the whole of his kingdom as far south as the river Raum ([[Glomma]]).<ref name="Stagg">{{Cite book |last=Stagg |first=Frank Noel |url=https://archive.org/details/eastnorwayitsfro00stag |title=East Norway and its Frontier |publisher=George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. |year=1956}}</ref><ref name="Snorri">{{Cite book |last=Sturluson |first=Snorri |title=Heimskringla (''The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway'') |date=c. 1225 |language=no |author-link=Snorri Sturluson}}</ref>