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Raumarike

750 CE – 880 CE (approx.)

Petty kingdom of the Romerike plain north-east of Oslo, site of the Eidsivating assembly and an early conquest of Halfdan the Black.

Origins

Raumarike covered the broad farming lowland of Romerike, north-east of the Oslofjord. It is known only from the sagas, which describe it as a small kingdom taken by Halfdan the Black of Vestfold in the 9th century.

Rule and society

The district was among the most fertile in eastern Norway, with dense settlement along the Glomma and Vorma rivers. The Eidsivating, the law assembly of the Upplands, met at Eidsvoll in the region, giving it a role in the legal life of inland Norway.

Decline and legacy

Halfdan the Black and his son Harald Fairhair incorporated Raumarike into their growing realm, and it became part of the Kingdom of Norway. Eidsvoll later gained national fame as the place where Norway's constitution was adopted in 1814.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

RaumarikeKingdom of Norway 872 CE – present

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Raumarike. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/raumarike
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“Raumarike.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/raumarike. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Raumarike.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/raumarike.
Harvard
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