Brännö

Brännö is an island in the Soothren Gothenburg Airchipelago an a locality situatit in Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland Coonty, Swaden. It haed 708 indwallers in 2010. It belangs tae the parish o Styrsö athin Gothenburg Municipality.

History
Due tae its geographical location, Brännö haes throughoot the centuries been a strategic location for seafarers an chieftains, frae baith Swaden an the adjacent Norawa an Denmark.

It is believit that its indwallers are the same as the Brondings who are referred tae in the Anglo-Saxon poems Beowulf an Widsith. Beowulf, Ingland's naitional epic, relates that Breca the Bronding wis the bairnheid friend o the hero Beowulf an Widsith tells that Breca later wis the laird o the Brondings.[1]

Brännö is mentioned in the Icelandic Sagas as the location o several important thing assemblies in the Viking Age an later.[2]  The Laxdaela saga relates that the bonnie Erse princess Melkorka wis selt as a thrall tae the Icelandic chieftain Höskuld Dalakollson, durin a fair on Brännö, in the 10t century.

 References 

 Freemit airtins 
Note 1: The Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, the posthumous dictionary bi Joseph Bosworth (1898), see bróc - brot 
Note 2:  Brännö History  Local fan steid dedicatit tae Brännö (in Swadish)

Category:Populatit places in Gothenburg Municipality
Category:Soothren Gothenburg Airchipelago