Raumarik
Norwegian inland district, mustering point during the Jomsborg crisis and center of resistance to conversion.
Raumarike is a Norwegian district that features in the Heimskringla as a setting for key political events. Earl Eirik, son of Hakon, was in Raumarike when he heard of the Jomsborg threat and immediately gathered troops (Heimskringla, 40. Eirik And Hakon Make A War Levy). During Olaf's Christianization campaign, the king of Raumarike grew alarmed by the violent methods and went to consult King Hrorek of Hedemark (Heimskringla, 73. Treachery Of The Upland Kings).
The Heimskringla references Raumarike in two distinct contexts: as a mustering point during the Jomsborg crisis and as a center of resistance to Christian conversion. In both cases, Raumarike's political significance derives from its position among the inland Norwegian districts where royal authority was contested.
Appears in: Places, Entities in Heimskringla, Norse Tradition