The institution known as leiðangr (Old Norse), leidang (Norwegian), leding (Danish), ledung (Swedish), expeditio (Latin) or sometimes lething (English)...

call to leidang, the Viking Age equivalent of military conscript service, the skeppslag in Roden was responsible for raising ships for the leidang navy....

goes back to the leidang which was first established by King Håkon the Good at the Gulating in 955, although variants of the Leidang had at that time...

administered the sacrifices at Uppsala and who was the commander of the leidang during wars. It is not known when they united for the first time, but already...

Society Berserker Earl Ergi Erilaz Félag Germanic kingship Hird Holmgang Leidang Mead hall Medieval Scandinavian law Nithing pole Nīþ Norse clans Old Norse...

Society Berserker Earl Ergi Erilaz Félag Germanic kingship Hird Holmgang Leidang Mead hall Medieval Scandinavian law Nithing pole Nīþ Norse clans Old Norse...

troop deployments in shallow water. Longships were used extensively by the Leidang, the Scandinavian defence fleets. The longship allowed the Norse to go...

region, with Oslo as their main seat. In spring 1197, Sverre called out the leidang from the northern and western parts of the country, and in May he was able...

King or his officials. In medieval Scandinavia the leiðangr (Old Norse), leidang (Norwegian), leding, (Danish), ledung (Swedish), lichting (Dutch), expeditio...

Its name refers to its role of providing 800 men and 32 ships for the leidang of the Swedish kings at Uppsala. Snorri Sturluson relates that Tiundaland...