Norwegians who have been to the Isle of Skye in the Hebrides have driven over the bridge from the Scottish mainland.
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Close by is a village with the to us bland Gaelic name of Kyleakin. But here there is every reason to stop.
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The Norwegian king Håkon Håkonsson is immortalized in the Hebrides.
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Jan-Erik SmildenJournalist and historian
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AFTENPOSTEN HISTORY: In Norwegian, Kyleakin means Håkonssundet, which is also the name of the strait where the bridge crosses.
Håkon 4. Håkonsson anchored here with his around 100 ships in the early autumn of 1263.
Sturla Tordsson, the nephew of Snorre Sturlasson, barely mentions Kyleakin with the Norse name Skidsund in Håkon Håkonsson’s saga.
Otherwise, this is a place that has been largely overlooked in Norwegian history.
The approximately 200 inhabitants of the village have not forgotten their relationship with one of the most powerful kings in Norwegian history.
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