 Some say that it was a fishing village located on the island Stadsholmen, before Stockholm was founded in 1252.It is moreover mentioned by Snorri Sturluson in the "Heimskringla" ("Ynglinga saga") as the location where the Swedish king Agne was hanged by his captive bride Skjalf in his golden torc.She had been captured by Agne in Finland, and after Agne's execution she escaped with her thralls.