battle, medieval

Battle of Orkdal

Name: Battle of Orkdal
Location: Orkdal Municipality, Norway

Battle of Orkdal was a battle fought in AD 870 at Orkdal Municipality, in what is now Norway. It was part of Unification of Norway, which ran from AD 860 to 1020. The recorded result: Vestfold victory.

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FoughtAD 870

WhereOrkdal Municipality, Norway63.275N, 9.824E

OutcomeVestfold victory

BelligerentsKingdom of VestfoldagainstKingdom of Orkdal

Part ofUnification of NorwayAD 860 to 1020

Where it sits in Unification of Norway

7 placed engagements of Unification of Norway in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	AD 870 (year precision)
Place	Orkdal Municipality, Norway 63.275N, 9.824E
Kind	Battle, medieval
Commanders	Harald Fairhair	Gryting, King of Orkdal

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Trondheim 1718, 34 km NE
Siege of Steinvikholm 1537, 58 km NE
First Battle of Solskjel AD 870, 82 km W
Battle of Stiklestad 1030, 104 km NE
Battle of Rastarkalv AD 955, 104 km W

In the same war

Before: Battle of Hakadal AD 860
After: First Battle of Solskjel AD 870
All 7 engagements of Unification of Norway

Elsewhere in AD 870

Battle of Englefield United Kingdom
Siege of Melite Malta
Siege of Dumbarton United Kingdom
Battle of Llangollen United Kingdom

Battle of Orkdal is one of 193 engagements of the 9th century in the atlas and one of 111 in present-day Norway.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871955, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Orkdal, revision 1383066033, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.