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Table 3 According to Krag, the shift in emphasis from Oppland to Vestfold is supported on one hand by works like Fagrskinna and Noregs konungatal, which build on earlier sources, and by Af Upplendingakonungum, Flateyjarbék and Egil’s saga on the other (Krag 1991, pp. 156 f.). As a possible reason for the revision Krag suggests that ‘the central position of Vestfold, the brooding grave mounds, and what could otherwise have been sensed of old riches and strength in Viking Age Vestfold, might have contributed to the development of these opinions. Condi- tions such as these can have combined with a general need to emphasise Vestfold as the original province of the royal dynasty - namely in the second part of the twelfth century, when king Valdemar of Denmark had aspirations in Southern Norway’ (Krag 1991, pp. 160 f., my translation). Krag’s sketch of the developments is neat, tidy, and linear, but offers at least one logical problem. If Ynglingatal originated in the late twelfth century as a de- liberate archaism within an Ynglinga tradition under revision or even construc-
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