: Two of the group's best skiers, Torstein Skevla and Skjervald Skrukka , carried the two-year-old prince across the treacherous, snow-covered mountains from Lillehammer to Trondheim.
The Birkebeiners are most famous for a daring mountain rescue in the winter of 1206. Birkebeinerne
The heroic journey is commemorated today through world-renowned cross-country ski races. : Two of the group's best skiers, Torstein
The (or Birkebeiners) were a significant political and military faction during the Norwegian Civil War era (1130–1240). Originally a derogatory term for poor rebels who supposedly wore leggings made of birch bark, the name eventually became a symbol of national pride, strength, and endurance. The Legend: The 1206 Rescue Torstein Skevla and Skjervald Skrukka