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==Halvdanshaugen== [[Image:Halvdanshaugen, Hadeland Folkemuseum, 2008-06-01.jpg|right|thumb|Halvdanshaugen at [[Hadeland Folkemuseum]], one of the several burial sites of Halfdan the Black]] ''Heimskringla'', ''Fagrskinna'', ''Ágrip'' and ''Historia Norwegiæ'' all relate that Halfdan drowned when he fell through the ice at the inlet [[Røykenvik Station|Røykenvik]] in the lake [[Randsfjorden]] on his return home from [[Hadeland]]. His horse and sleigh broke through ice weakened by cattle dung near a watering hole dug in the frozen lake. He was buried in a mound at Stein in [[Ringerike (traditional district)|Ringerike]] (''Halvdanshaugen på Stein'').<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.historieboka.no/Modules/historiebok_tidsepoke_emne_artikkel.aspx?ObjectType=Article&Article.ID=1511&Category.ID=1170 |title = Hva skjuler seg i Halvdanshaugen |publisher = Terje Bautztore norske leksikon |author = Marie Olaussen |access-date = November 1, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181105012543/http://www.historieboka.no/Modules/historiebok_tidsepoke_emne_artikkel.aspx?ObjectType=Article&Article.ID=1511&Category.ID=1170 |archive-date = November 5, 2018 |url-status = dead }}</ref> ''Heimskringla'''s narrative adds that each of the districts of his kingdom wanted to claim his grave, and that it was agreed to divide his body into four pieces so each district could bury a piece of it, resulting in four different sites called ''Halvdanshaugen'' (from the [[Old Norse]] word ''haugr'' meaning mound). According to this version, only his head is buried in [[Ringerike (traditional district)|Ringerike]].<ref>[http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Halvdan_Svarte/utdypning ''Halvdan Svarte – utdypning'' (Store norske leksikon)]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://kulturminnesok.no/minne/?queryString=https://data.kulturminne.no/askeladden/lokalitet/28978|title= Halvdanshaugen / Gravminne |publisher =kulturminnesok.no |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref>
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