query: instance_of ormen lange 
supports: Harald Fairhair (Old Norse: "Haraldr Hárfagri", Norwegian: "Harald Hårfagre", (literally "Harald Hair-fair") ;  850   932) is remembered by medieval historians as the first King of Norway. According to traditions current in Norway and Iceland in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, he reigned from  872 to 930. Most of his life remains uncertain, since the extant accounts of his life in the sagas were set down in writing around three centuries after his lifetime. A few remnants of skaldic praise poems attributed to contemporary court poets exist which seem to refer to Harald's victories against opponents in Norway. The information supplied in these poems is inconsistent with the tales in the sagas in which they are transmitted, and the sagas themselves often disagree on the details of his background and biography. Two of his sons, Eric Bloodaxe and Haakon the Good, succeeded Harald to become kings after his death. Jens Christian Djurhuus or Sjóvarbóndin (August 21, 1773  November 21, 1853) was the first poet who wrote in Faroese. He composed several Faroese ballads in traditional style on historical themes. The best known is "Ormurin langi". Djurhuus also composed satirical poems directed against Danish rule in the Faroe Islands. Longships were a type of ship invented and used by the Norsemen for trade, commerce, exploration, and warfare during the Viking Age. The longship's design evolved over many centuries, beginning in the Stone Age with the invention of the umiak and continuing up until the 6th century with clinker built ships like Nydam and Kvalsund. The longship appeared in its complete form between the 9th and 13th centuries. The character and appearance of these ships have been reflected in Scandinavian boat-building traditions until today. The particular skills and methods employed in making longships are still used worldwide, often with modern adaptations. They were all made out of wood, with cloth sails (woven wool) and had numerous details and carvings on the hull. Raud the Strong was a Norse Seiðr priest and seafaring warrior, who resisted conversion to Christianity in the late 10th century AD. The Viking Age is the period from late 8th century to mid 11th century in European history, especially Northern European and Scandinavian history, following the Germanic Iron Age. It is the period of history when Scandinavian Norsemen explored Europe by its seas and rivers for trade, raids, colonisation and conquest. In this period, the Norsemen settled in Norse Greenland, Newfoundland, and present-day Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, Scotland, England, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, and Turkey. Though Viking travellers and colonists were seen at many points in history as brutal raiders, many historical documents suggest that their invasion of other countries was retaliation in response to the encroachment upon tribal lands by Christian missionaries, and perhaps by the Saxon Wars prosecuted by Charlemagne and his kin to the south, or, were motivated by overpopulation, trade inequities, and the lack of viable farmland in their homeland. Information about the Viking Age is drawn largely from what was written about the Vikings by their enemies, and primary sources of archaeology, supplied with secondary sources like the Icelandic Sagas. The umiak, umialak, umiaq, umiac, oomiac, oomiak, ongiuk, or anyak is a type of open skin boat used by both Yupik and Inuit, and was originally found in all coastal areas from Siberia to Greenland. First arising in Thule times, it has traditionally been used in summer to move people and possessions to seasonal hunting grounds and for hunting whales and walrus. Although the umiak was usually propelled by oars (women) or paddles (men), sails--sometimes made from seal intestines--were also used, and in the 20th century, outboard motors. The Faroe Islands (Irish: "Na Scigirí") are an archipelago between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic approximately halfway between Norway and Iceland, north-northwest of mainland Scotland. The area is approximately with a 2016 population of 49,188. The islands are an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark. In Old Norse, seiðr (sometimes anglicized as "seidhr", "seidh", "seidr", "seithr", "seith", or "seid") was a type of sorcery which was practiced in Norse society during the Late Scandinavian Iron Age. Connected with Norse religion, its origins are largely unknown, although it gradually eroded following the Christianization of Scandinavia. Accounts of "seiðr" later made it into sagas and other literary sources, while further evidence has been unearthed by archaeologists. Various scholars have debated the nature of "seiðr", some arguing that it was shamanic in context, involving visionary journeys by its practitioners. Trøndelag is a geographical region in the central part of Norway, consisting of the two counties Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag. It also formerly also included the county of Jämtland, which is today part of Sweden; it is therefore also known unofficially as Øst-Trøndelag. The districts of Nordmøre and Romsdal, and the municipality of Bindal, were also originally parts of Trøndelag - and the inhabitants there still speak dialects similar to Trøndersk. The region is, together with Møre og Romsdal, part of a larger administrative division called Central Norway. Norway (; Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Sami: "Norgga"), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a sovereign and unitary monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the island Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the Kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land. Until 1814, the Kingdom included the Faroe Islands (since 1035), Greenland (1261), and Iceland (1262). It also included Shetland and Orkney until 1468. It also included the following provinces, now in Sweden: Jämtland, Härjedalen and Bohuslän. Nordland is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea) to the west. The county was formerly known as "Nordlandene amt". The county administration is in Bodø. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen has been administered from Nordland since 1995. Ormurin Langi ("The Long Serpent") is a ballad type song (kvæði) in the Faroe Islands. It was written ca. 1830 by Jens Christian Djurhuus. Nord-Trøndelag ("North Trøndelag") is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of January 1, 2014, the county had 135,142 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjerthe county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and 12,000 inhabitants. The economy is primarily centered on services, although there are significant industries in agriculture, fisheries, hydroelectricity and forestry. It has the lowest gross domestic product per capita of any county in the country. Norsemen are the group of people who spoke what is now called the Old Norse language between the 8th and 11th centuries. The language belongs to the North Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages, and is the earlier form of modern Scandinavian languages. Namdalen is a traditional district in the central part of Norway, consisting of the municipalities Namsos, Grong, Overhalla, Røyrvik, Fosnes, Nærøy, Høylandet, Namdalseid, Flatanger, Lierne, Leka, Namsskogan, and Vikna, all in Nord-Trøndelag county. The district has two towns: Kolvereid and Namsos. The whole district covers about and has about 35,000 residents (2009). 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 Nord-Trøndelag county and the Lyngen fjord in Troms county. Ormr inn Langi in Old Norse ( The Long Serpent ) Ormen Lange in Norwegian , Ormurin Langi in Faroese was one of the most famous of the Viking longships . It was built for the Norwegian King Olav Tryggvason , and was the largest and most powerful longship of its day . In the late 990s King Olav was on a `` Crusade '' around the country to bring Christianity to Norway . When he was traveling north to Hålogaland he came to a petty kingdom in today 's Skjerstad , where the king named Raud the Strong refused to convert to Christianity . A battle ensued , during which Saltstraum , a maelstrom that prevented reinforcements to the king 's men , forced King Olav to flee . He continued up north but returned some weeks later when the maelstrom had subsided . Olav won the battle , captured Raud , and gave him two choices : die or convert . The Sagas say that Olav tried to convert him but Raud cursed the name of Jesus , and the King became so enraged that he stuck a kvanstilk ( a pipe ) down his throat and shoved a snake into it , then a burning iron to force the snake down his throat . The snake ate its way out of the side of the torso of Raud and killed him . After the victory Olav confiscated Raud 's riches , not least of which was Raud 's ship , which he rechristened Ormen ( The Serpent ) . He took it to Trondheim and used it as a design for his own new ship , which he made a couple of `` rooms '' longer than Ormen and named Ormen Lange . The ship reportedly had 34 rooms , i.e. , was built with 34 pairs of oars , for a crew of 68 rowers ( and additional crew members ) . Extrapolating from archeological evidence ( e.g. , the Gokstad ship ) , this would make Ormen Lange nearly 45 meters long . The ship 's sides were unusually high , `` as high as that of a Knarr '' . Ormen Lange was the last ship to be taken in the Battle of Svolder , where Olav was killed ( although his body was never found -- some stories tell of the king jumping into the water either sinking due to the weight of his armour or escaping in the confusion ) by a coalition of his enemies in the year 1000 . Its story is told in a traditional Faroese ballad , or Kvæði , called `` Ormurin Langi '' . Troms is a county in Northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland. To the west is the Norwegian Sea (Atlantic Ocean).  Skjerstad (jæ`a) is a village and a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality originally encompassed area on the northern and southern shores in the central part of the large Skjerstad Fjord. The small village of Skjerstad sits at the mouth of the Misværfjorden, where it joins Skjerstad Fjord. The village is also the location of Skjerstad Church. Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, who serves as the focal point for the religion. It is the world's largest religion, with over 2.4 billion followers, or 33% of the global population, known as Christians. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as the Messiah (the Christ) was prophesied in the Old Testament.
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answer: boat