site). Ullinsvin ("Ullin's meadow") - name of an old farm in Vågå (old church site). Ullsfjorden ("Ullr's Fjord") - fjord in Troms county. Commonly believed to be named after Ullr, although there is some uncertainty. Ulvik ("Ullr's bay") - village and fjord in Hordaland county. Magnus Olsen suggested in addition that the names of some Norwegian places including Ringsaker derive from a nickname *Ringir for Ullr based on his association with ring-oaths, but there is no evidence of this. Sweden Ulleråker ("Ullr's field") Uppland Ultuna ("Ullr's town") Uppland Ullared ("Ull's clearing?") Halland Ullevi ("Ullr's sanctuary") Västergötland Lilla Ullevi, Bro, Stockholm. In 2500/70, excavations in have yielded the remains of a cult site. The site is associated with Ullr based on the toponym Lilla Ullevi ("little shrine of Ullr"). Its most notable feature is an arrangement of rocks, dated to the Vendel Period, in two "wings" with four large post holes. A total of 65 amulet rings have been recovered in the vicinity. Ullvi ("Ullr's sanctuary") Västmanland Ullene ("Ullr's meadow") Västergötland Ullervad ("Ullr's place to wading") Västergötland Ullånger ("Ullr's bay") Ångermanland Ullen Värmland, Hagfors springsource lake Ullbro ("Ulls bridge") Uppland, Enköping Ullunda ("Ulls grove") Uppland, Enköping Ullstämma ("Ulls meeting") Uppland, Enköping Värmullen Värmland, Hagfors Ullsberg ("Ull's mountain") Värmland, Hagfors Iceland Icelandic scholar Ólafur Lárusson suggested that some of the Icelandic placenames in Ullar-, usually interpreted as "wool", might also be named for Ullr, especially those such as Ullarfoss and Ullarklettur that are close to similar placenames in Goða- ("gods"). Scholarly theories The place-name evidence and the *wulþuz cognates have led many scholars to conclude that Ullr was one of the older Norse gods, whose importance had waned by the time of settlement of northern parts of Norway, well before the medieval Old Norse texts were written down. This is reflected in the lack of literary evidence for the name Ullinn. Some scholars have suggested that he was an aspect of the ancient Germanic sky-god, perhaps corresponding in northern Scandinavia to Týr in Denmark. Based on the association of Ullr and Ullinn placenames with Vanir deities, Ernst Alfred Philippson suggested that contrary to his placement in the Prose Edda among the Æsir, he was himself one of the Vanir, and the similarity between the Prose Edda description of his characteristics and those of Skaði have suggested to some that there was a link between him and Skaði's husband, Njörðr. Viktor Rydberg speculates