Ohthere of Halogaland (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ohthere of Halogaland (Norwegian: Ottar fra Halogaland) was a Viking adventurer from Halogaland. Around 890 AD he travelled to England, where Alfred the Great, king of Wessex, had his tales written down. Ohthere reported that he lived "north-most of all the Northmen," and that "no-one [lived] to the north of him." He spoke of his travels north to the White Sea, and south to Denmark and England, describing his route. He also spoke of Sweoland, the Sami people (Finnas), and of two peoples called the "Cwenas" living in Cwena land and the "Beormas." Ohthere reported that the Beormas spoke a language related to that of the Sami people, and lived in an area of the White Sea region. This is marked on the accompanying map as "Bjarmland," and has been seen by some as a reference to people of the Old Permic culture.