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Scattered descriptions on wars against Finland or by Finns to neighboring countries prior to the Swedish conquest has survived in Icelandic sagas, German, Norwegian, Danish and Russian chronicles and Swedish legends. Most of the early Finnish wars remain unhistorical and cannot be verified from reliable sources. ==Conflicts with Swedes== ===Saga sources=== However legendary, Ynglingasaga tells about the first known military expedition to Finland. Based on saga's internal chronologies, the war presumably took place at the end of the 4th century, 6 generations before the semi-historical Swedish king Ohthere (Vendelkråka):〔(Ynglingasaga ).〕 However, it is disputed whether the Old Norse concept Finland refers always to the present country of Finland; alternatively it could have mean the land of the Sámi. It happened one summer that King Agne went with his army to Finland, and landed and marauded. The Finland people gathered a large army, and proceeded to the strife under a chief called Froste. There was a great battle, in which King Agne gained the victory, and Froste fell there with a great many of his people. King Agne proceeded with armed hand through Finland, subdued it, and made enormous treasure. Norna-Gests þáttr saga tells that Kvens (probably referring to a group of Finns) were raiding in Sweden in the mid-8th century.〔(Norna-Gests þáttr, chapter 7. ) See also the (English translation ).〕 Sigurd Ring (Sigurðr) was not there, since he had to defend his land, Sweden (Svíþjóð), since Curonians (Kúrir) and Kvens (Kvænir) were raiding there. In the late 9th century, king Eric Anundsson was told to have conquered Finland, with several other eastern countries.〔(Saga of Olaf Haraldson ). See chapter ''81. THORGNY'S SPEECH.''〕 My grandfather Thorgny could well remember the Upsala king Eirik Eymundson, and used to say of him that when he was in his best years he went out every summer on expeditions to different countries, and conquered for himself Finland, Karelia, Courland, Estonia, and the eastern countries all around -- However, all other accounts of the king exclude Finland from his conquests. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Early Finnish wars」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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