330 when, as the first known ruler of the two parts of Sweden, he united them into one realm. The Norwegian historical research has accepted the Saga-tradition that the fleet organization of Norway, the leidang, was prohably formed by king Haakon the Good (d. 960) in the western parts of the country about 955. According to the tradition Haakon was brought up at the court of the English king Aethelstan (924— 40) and thus may have had some notion of English administration. It is difficult to assume that any of the fleet organizations in the Scandinavian countries could have been possible without a previous assessment of soil: the dues of a ledungdistrict —corn, pork and butter the knowledge of the acreage of the district in question. So it must be assumed that in Norway as well as in Denmark and Sweden an assessment according to Anglo-Saxon norms was brought about in the latter part of the 10th century. It is an interesting fact that the assumed assessment of the Scandinavian countries coincides with the reforms of English administration during the peaceful reign of king Edgar (959—75). a reconstruction concerning among other things subdivision of the shires into hundreds and reassessment of taxation. These reforms together with the close relations existing between England and the Scandinavian countries at that time could possibly have been the incitement for the Scandinavian rulers to fortify their positions by adopting elements of English administration. could scarcely have been weighed out without
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