The Kjøfnefoss Rebellion

The Kjøfnefoss Rebellion (974) was one of the rebellions were the people of Åsmark rebelled against The Skilamrilusian Empire. It was the last unsuccessful one, as the next (The Red Rebellion) lead to independence from the empire.

Background
Åsmark had been a part of The Skilamrilusian Empire since the end of The Second War of the North in 873. During the years several rebellions had occured, most noteble The Wagon Rebellion in 902.

The Rebellion
In 974 the Storbonde of Kjøfnefoss killed several imperial nobles, and declared independence for Åsmark. He also declared that he would accept a compromise: the independence of the jarldom of Langfjord - a jarldom that had been a part of Åsmark since the end of The Conquest of Langfjord in 714.

A battle was fought in the streets of Kjøfnefoss, and the rebels lost. Most of the defeated rebels were taken captive, including Eirik Trymsønn Langskjegg and Klamdus Desilfilus (12 years old at the time). The Storbonde, however fled to the mountains and held stand in a secret sæter there. The surviving rebels kept ambushing any soldiers trying to find the hideout, and so the location remained unidentified for several months. Eirik Trymsønn Langskjeggthen made a deal with the governor of Åsmark. He would reveal the location, on the term that he would become the new Storbonde of Kjøfnefoss. The deal was made, and the location revealed. The imperial soldiers then stormed the hideout, and killed most of the men - including the rebellious Storbonde. This put an end to the rebellion.

Aftermath
Eirik Trymsønn Langskjegg became Storbonde of Kjøfnefoss as promised. Although he remained loyal to The Skilamrilusian Empire throghout his life, he claimed that he had been tortured to reveal the location.

Eirik's sons later became Storbonde's themselves. Einar Eiriksønn Langskjegg of Kjøfnefoss and Ulfar Eiriksønn Langskjegg of Vælingdal. The half-brothers did however not stay as loyal as their father had done. In 996 they started The Red Rebellion, which made Einar Eiriksønn Langskjegg the jarl of a new independent Åsmark. Ulfar Eiriksønn Langskjegg was however killed at The Battle of Grønnmo by Klamdus Desilfilus.