Glumsten at the entrance to Glommen harbor.Through its prominent position this boulder has always been an important sea mark on the Southwest coast of Sweden, which is otherwise quite uniform. The Glumsten stone is mentioned in the old sagas (in connection with the military expedition of King Harald Hårdråde in 1061 and King Hakon´s expeditions to Halland in 1256).
One detachment of King Hakon´s army went ashore near the Glumsten boulder August 24th 1256 and the following day they ravaged the nearby country. After that they went by boat down to the river Ätran and burned the borough that is now the city of Falkenberg. |
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