Sylling is a village in Lier municipality, in the county of

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. Sylling is located 27 kilometres west of

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. The settlement has 707 inhabitants as of 1 January 2016.

Location

Sylling is located on Holsfjorden, the southeastern arm of

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. Sylling is known for agriculture, particularly the cultivation of fruit. Local farms have a long history of cultivation of strawberries and vegetables. The good soil is due to gravel after the Last glacial period including Sylling-moraine. Its population is about 1700.

History

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(''Pilegrimsleden'') must have passed Sylling and stopped at the local Olav's spring (''Olavskilden''). The pilgrims arrived on foot or they could travel by boat across Holsfjorden. During the

Civil war era in Norway The civil war era in Norway (, ''borgarkrigstidi'', ''borgerkrigstida'' or ''borgerkrigstiden'') began in 1130 and ended in 1240. During this time in Norwegian history, some two dozen rival kings and pretenders waged wars to claim the throne. ...

King Sverre Sverre Sigurdsson () (c. 1145/1151 – 9 March 1202) was the king of Norway from 1184 to 1202. Many consider him one of the most important rulers in Norwegian history. He assumed power as the leader of the rebel party known as the Birkebeiner i ...

and the Birchleg forces overcame the

Bagler The Bagli Party or Bagler (Old Norse: ''Baglarr'', Norwegian Bokmål: ''Bagler'', Norwegian Nynorsk: ''Baglar'') was a faction or party during the Norwegian Civil Wars. The Bagler faction was made up principally of the Norwegian aristocracy, cle ...

forces of

Magnus V Magnus Erlingsson (, 1156 – 15 June 1184), also known as Magnus V, was a king of Norway during the civil war era in Norway. He helped to establish primogeniture in royal succession in Norway. King Magnus was killed in the Battle of Fimreite in ...

at the

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(''Slaget ved Hørte bro'') during the Summer of 1178. The victory was the first of many for Sverre. Subsequently, during autumn, the Birchlegs went north to

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and won control of

Nidaros Nidaros, Niðarós or Niðaróss () was the medieval name of Trondheim when it was the capital of Norway's first Christian kings. It was named for its position at the mouth (Old Norse: ''óss'') of the River Nid (the present-day Nidelva). Althou ...

Sylling Church

Sylling Church (''Sylling kirke'') is a church constructed in a rectangular shape. There has been a church on the same site since the

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. The church has a cemetery and next to it is the old rectory. The structure is of stone and brick and the church has 370 seats. Sylling church was built in 1852. In 2001, there were major renovation. At that time some old gravestones with inscriptions and some other items were found which were of interest to the National

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(''Riksantikvaren''). The church was re-opened for normal use again in December 2001.''Sylling kirke'' (visitnorway.com)
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References

Other sources

* Krag, Claus (2005) ''Sverre, Norges største middelalderkonge''

External links

Sylling.noSylling IFLier kommunePictures of Sylling Church
Villages in Buskerud Lier, Norway {{buskerud-geo-stub