Earnaness

In Beowulf, Earnanæs is the location in Götaland (today southern Sweden) where the hero of the epic, assisted by Wiglaf, kills a dragon, but at the cost of his own life.

After the two dukes had poisoned the king's mind against his faithful marshal, Torkel was captured and taken to Stockholm, where he was beheaded.

The once magnificent stronghold was demolished and the land was given to the convent of Gudhem, on the condition that the nuns should move to Aranæs within a year.

[1] King Albert of Sweden gave the estate to Gerhard Snakenborg in exchange for the castle Axevall, in 1366.

This town was supposedly located south of Gothenburg between Kungsbacka and Varberg in Halland where there is a farm by the name of Årnäs.