The ThelirorThilir (Old Norse: Þilir; Norwegian Bokmål: teler; Norwegian Nynorsk: telarorteler) was a North Germanic tribe that inhabited the region now known as Upper Telemark in modern Norway during the Migration Period and the Viking Age. The region of Telemark, which originally only referred to Upper Telemark, was named after them, and means the "mark of the Thelir."[1] The Thelir are mentioned in the Saga of Harald FairhairbySnorri Sturluson, as one of the tribes who fought against Harald Fairhair in the Battle of Hafrsfjord.[2]
