Hålogaland was the northernmost of the Norwegian provinces in the medieval Norse sagas. In the early Viking Age, before Harald Fairhair, Hålogaland was a kingdom extending between the Namdalen valley in Trøndelag county and the Lyngen fjord in Troms og Finnmark county. Etymology and history Ancient Norwegians said that was named after a royal named Hölgi. The Norse form of the name was . The first element of the word is the genitive plural of , a 'person from Hålogaland'. The last element is , as in 'land' or 'region'. The meaning of the demonym is unknown. Thorstein Vikingson's Saga, 1, describes it as a compound of Hial, "Hel" or "spirit," and "loge", "fire" - although this is largely discredited. The Gothic historian Jordanes in his work (also known as Getica), written in Constantinople , mentions a people "Adogit" living in the far North. This could be an old form of and a possible reference to the petty kingdom of Hålogaland. Alex Woolf links the name Hålogaland to the — the "Northern Lights" —, saying that Hålogaland meant the "Land of the High Fire", deriving from , which refers to fire. This is also largely discredited. A fanciful and legendary interpretation is found in the medieval accounts of Ynglingatal and Skáldskaparmál, "Logi" is described as the personification of fire, a fire giant, and as a "son of Fornjót". In the medieval Orkneyinga saga and the account of ('How Norway was inhabited'), Fornjót is described as king of ", and ". The royal lineages sprung from his children are discussed in these and other medieval accounts. The beginning of the ("Saga of Thorstein son of Víking") discusses King Logi who ruled the country north of Norway. Because Logi was larger and stronger than any other man in land, his name was lengthened from Logi to , meaning "High-Logi". Derived from that name his country became called , meaning "Hálogi's land". Eventually the spelling of the name shaped to the modern-day Hålogaland. A more realistic interpretation of the name is presented by Halvdan Koht and Alfred Jacobsen (in Håløyminne 1, 1920): 'Háleygr' is derived from Proto-Scandinavian *HaÞulaikaR, with the elements *haÞu 'battle' and *laik- 'pledge'. In other words, a wartime alliance of the many settlements in times of conflict. The Hversu Noregr byggðist is a legendary account of the origin of various legendary Norwegian lineages. It traces the descendants of the primeval