Culture of Närke
Völund (Weyland the Smith):
- "When the Lord of the Njars, Nidud, heard
- That Völund sat in Wolfdale alone,
- He sent warriors forth: white their shield-bosses
- In the waning moon, and their mail glittered."
- - Translated by W. H. Auden and P. B. Taylor
The next source for
House of Yngling and their loyal men. They are later chased away and have to settle in the wasteland of Värmland
which they colonize.
A powerful man in Närke called Sigtryg received the Norwegian King
Yaroslav I the Wise
:
- "It is to be related of King Olaf's journey, that he went first from Jarisleif and his queen Ingegerd" [1]
According to local traditions Olaf baptized many locals and the well he used can be seen near
Hardemo
.