In 872CE, King Harald Fairhair gathered all of Norway on the shore of Hafrsfjord and created one Kingdom. The ensuing Battle of Hafrsfjord between Harald and the other Viking kings unified the warring clans under King Harald around 880CE.
The monument to these events are three giant bronze Viking swords called Sverd I Fjell (Swords in Rock). The hilts are replicas of Viking swords from around Norway. They represent: peace, unity and Freedom...
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