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Birkebeiner
Sign in to savethumb|Skiing Birchlegs Crossing the Mountain with the Royal Child, by Knud Bergslien. Painting located at [[Holmenkollen Ski Museum, Oslo, Norway.]]
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It is catalogued under the topic Civil wars in Norway.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- political party
- Country
- Norway
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- inception
- 1174-00-00
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons category
- Birkebeiners
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Background
- Formation and name
- The rise of Sverre
- 1200 onwards
- Birkebeiner commemorations
- References
- Further reading
thumb|Skiing Birchlegs Crossing the Mountain with the Royal Child, by Knud Bergslien. Painting located at [[Holmenkollen Ski Museum, Oslo, Norway.]]
The Birkebeiner, Birkebeinar or Birkebein Party (; (nynorsk) or (bokmål)) were a rebel group in the Civil War period in Norway, formed in 1174 around Eystein Meyla, a pretender to the throne. The name has its origins in propaganda from the established party that the rebels were so poor that they wrapped their legs with birch bark. Although originally a pejorative, the opposition adopted the Birkebeiner name for themselves, and continued using it after they came to power in 1184.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Birkebeiner” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.