Long ago, when I began writing the story of Hakon the Good, I also began exploring other people and events to which he owed his rise in tenth century Norway. This novella tells the story of a specific event — a battle that occurred circa AD 933 — that paved the way for Hakon"s return from England soon after. Though it is barely mentioned in Snorri Sturlason"s Heimskringla, I have come to believe that the battle of Mollebakken (as I am calling it) is one of the more consequential battles of the Viking Age.
Heimskringla
