KUNGSTORN - EUROPE'S BIG BIRD

The Kungstorn is a gigantic bird of European legend.  An incident supposedly involving a Kungstorn occurred in 1932.  Svanhild Hansen, a girl of three,  living in Norway, was carried off by a huge bird.  It deposited her on Hagafjell, a mountain on the island of Leka, but it does not appear to have harmed her in any way.  Attempts to identify the bird with the White-tailed eagle are unconvincing.  However, the Kungstorn is now sometimes referred to as the Svanhildsorn as a result of this incident.  The bird would seem to have been an unknown species.