Jomsvikings

Wolin (; ) is a Polish island in the Baltic Sea, just off the Polish coast. Administratively, the island belongs to the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. Wolin is separated from the island of Usedom (Uznam) by the Strait of Świna, and from mainland Pomerania by the Strait of Dziwna. The island has an area of and its highest point is Mount Grzywacz at 116 m above sea level. The number of inhabitants is 30,000. Eastern suburbs of the city of Świnoujście extend to the Wolin island, while the towns of Międzyzdroje and Wolin lie further east.

battle

thumb|300px|Storm in Hjørungavåg (1899) by Gerhard Munthe right|thumb|Jomsvikings fighting in a hail storm at the Battle of Hjörungavágr

thumb|250px|Modern memorial in Wolin (town)|Wolin, often regarded as a probable site of medieval Jomsborg. The Danish and Polish inscription, held in rune style, commemorates the death of [[Harald Bluetooth in Jómsborg, 986 (according to inscription).]]

Jomsviking

literary work

984 naval battle

right|150px|thumb|Palnatoki prepares to kill King Harald Bluetooth by Jenny Nyström (1895).Palnatoke or Palnatoki, sometimes written Palna-Toki or Palna Toki (Old Norse: or ), was a legendary Danish hero and chieftain of the island of Fyn. According to the Jómsvíkinga saga, Palnatoki founded the brotherhood of Jomsvikings and established its laws.

character in Norse sagas

980 battle

semi-legendary chieftain of the fabled Jomsvikings

convex-concave gold disc found in Pomerania 1841

Norseman of the late 10th century, mentioned in the Jómsvíkinga saga

Swedish runestone

set of runestones in Sweden

aspect of history

thumb| Strut-Harald (Cone Harald from his cone-shaped helmet of gold) was a semi-legendary jarl or petty king who ruled over the Danish territory of Scania (in what is now southern Sweden) during the late 10th century CE (approximately 975–986).

Jómsvikingadrápa is a 13th-century skaldic poem composed by Bjarni Kolbeinsson (d. 1222), Bishop of Orkney. It is a tribute in drápa form to the fallen Jomsvikings at the Battle of Hjörungavágr.

runestones in Sweden