Ramsta or Ramstad is a farm area on an island in the municipality of Nærøy

Nærøy

Nærøy is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. Nærøy is part of the Namdalen region. Norway's smallest town, Kolvereid, is the administration centre of the municipality...

 in Nord-Trøndelag

Nord-Trøndelag

is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...

 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located about half way between the villages of Abelvær

Abelvær

Abelvær is a village in the municipality of Nærøy in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on a small island at the mouth of the Foldafjord. The village areas of Ramsta and Steine lie just to the northeast of Abelvær. There is a road connection to the mainland from Abelvær....

 and Steine

Steine, Nord-Trøndelag

Steine is a village in the municipality of Nærøy in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Foldafjord, just northeast of Abelvær. The Steine Chapel is located here, and it serves this area of Nærøy....

 on an island near the mouth of the Folda

Folda, Nord-Trøndelag

Folda or Folla is a firth and a fjord in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway, within the municipalities of Flatanger, Namsos, Fosnes, and Nærøy. The large wide firth is about long which then narrows into a fjord which is about long. The narrower fjord part of Folda is often called the Foldfjorden or...

fjord.

It was the home of a family from which came several heroes in a group of legendary saga

Legendary saga

A Legendary saga or Fornaldarsaga is a Norse saga that, unlike the Icelanders' sagas, takes place before the colonization of Iceland. There are some exceptions, such as Yngvars saga víðförla, which takes place in the 11th century...

s called the Hrafnistumannasögur

Hrafnistumannasögur

The Hrafnistumannasögur is a group of legendary sagas surrounding Ketil Trout and his relatives. The group is named after Hrafnista, modern Ramsta in northern Norway.*Ketils saga hœngs*Gríms saga loðinkinna*Örvar-Odds saga...

. The islands of Nærøy were an old central meeting place, not only for the people of Namdalen

Namdalen

Namdalen is a traditional district in the central part of Norway, consisting of the municipalities Namsos, Grong, Overhalla, Røyrvik, Fosnes, Nærøy, Høylandet, Namdalseid, Flatanger, Lierne, Leka, Namsskogan, and Vikna, all in Nord-Trøndelag county. The district has two towns: Kolvereid and Namsos...

, but also for people from neighbouring districts.