Editing Halland (section)

===800–1645 AD===
According to information from a trader travelling from [[Skiringssal]], close to the [[Oslofjord]] to [[Hedeby]] in the 870s it can be concluded that Halland was a Danish area at that time. It would stay so for most of recorded history.

Iron extraction is known to have taken place in [[Hishult]] and [[Tvååker]]/[[Sibbarp, Varberg Municipality|Sibbarp]] during the Iron Age.

As part of the [[Scanian lands]] (then part of the Kingdom of [[Denmark]]) Halland came under the [[Scanian Law]] and participated in the Scanian [[Thing (assembly)|Thing]], one of three Things electing the Danish king. Local assemblies took place in [[Getinge]].

Halland was the scene of considerable military action from the 13th century and on as [[Sweden]], [[Denmark]] and to some degree [[Norway]] fought for supremacy in [[Scandinavia]]. The many wars made the province poor. Not only were material damages caused by military action, but the social impact of the fighting was devastating; people lacked the motivation to invest in their land and properties as it was likely to be destroyed anyway.

The county was the site of combat and plunder three times during the 13th Century: in 1256 [[Haakon IV of Norway]] invaded, followed by [[Magnus III of Sweden]] in 1277 and [[Eric VI of Denmark]] in 1294. The county came to be split in two parts for the next century, with the river [[Ätran (river)|Ätran]] forming a boundary. The lords of the two parts succeeded each other in a high tempo.

As the [[Kalmar Union]] was formed, Halland came for a brief period of time to be centrally located. According to the union treaty, the king was to be elected in [[Halmstad]].

During the rebellion of [[Engelbrekt]] in 1434 the fortress in [[Falkenberg]] was burnt down and two years later {{Interlanguage link multi|Lagaholm|sv}} was captured by the Swedes. The Swedo-Danish struggles in the early 16th century came to affect the province as well, as in 1519 when the border regions were sacked by the Swedes as a vengeance for similar Danish action in [[Västergötland]].

The Danish civil war called the [[Count's Feud]] in 1534–1536, the [[Northern Seven Years' War]] between Denmark-Norway and Sweden in 1563–1570 and the [[Kalmar War]] between [[Denmark–Norway|Denmark-Norway]] and [[Sweden]] in 1611–1613 all affected Halland. One of the major battles of the [[Northern Seven Years' War]], the [[battle of Axtorna]], took place in Halland.