1200 and 1250 by some scholars and to as early as 1180 by others. Grágás (Grey Goose), the oldest Icelandic law code, is preserved in two vellum manuscripts written shortly after 1250. Like the Icelandic law code, the Scanian Law was not put into writing on the initiative of a king. Scania had its own thing or parliament, as well as regional parliaments within the land. The dates cited below are the dates of the oldest verifiable extant copy of some Danish, Norwegian and Swedish law codes; various laws have been asserted to be older and thing-derived provincial laws clearly predate these recorded laws. In the timeline below, blue bars denote provincial laws while pink bars denote national laws. See also Medieval Scandinavian laws Westrogothic provincial law References and notes Legal history of Denmark Scania Scandinavian law Halland History of Scania Blekinge Bornholm Legal history of Sweden Germanic legal codes Early Germanic law Customary legal systems Medieval law